The first Marian image ceremoniously crowned without direct papal approbation was performed by Cardinal Orazio Spinola for the Madonna of the Vineyards venerated at the Basilica of Santa Maria delle Vigne in Genoa on 5 April 1616.
In 1616, Cardinal Orazio Spinola crowned a Marian image without papal approval at the Basilica of Santa Maria delle Vigne in Genoa for the Madonna of the Vineyards.