Reliquary smashed and relics taken at chiesa della Beata Vergine di Caravaggio, Tavordo

At about 1 p.m. on 6 October 2026, an intruder tried to force the candle-offering box in the 18th-century church of the Beata Vergine di Caravaggio in Tavordo, a hamlet of Porlezza, Como. He broke a wrought-iron candle stand into pieces and used a brass candlestick. When that failed, he smashed the glass of the relic case and took relics. A resident had seen a man at the door. Carabinieri of the Menaggio company investigated.

Break-in and theft mapped to incidentType vandalism. Coordinates are the pin for Chiesa della Beata Vergine di Caravaggio, Tavordo (Porlezza), Como (46.0395, 9.1315). occurredOn is 6 October 2026 (about 1 p.m.).