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A shrine to the Virgin Mary, or Marian shrine, is a shrine marking an apparition or other miracle ascribed to the Blessed Virgin Mary, or a site on which is centered a historically strong Marian devotion. Such locales are often the destinations of Christian pilgrimages.
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Locality | Church | Relic or Object |
Bardo | Church of the Visitiation of our Lady. Redemptorists | Sculpture of our lady from the 12th century ., crowned 3 July 1966. (abp Bolesław Kominek) |
Biechowo | Church of the Immaculate Conception Paulists | Icon of Our Lady of Joy MB from the 15th century crowned 12 September 1976. by (cardinal. Stefan Wyszyński) |
Bochnia | Church of St. Nicholas | Icon of Our Lady from the 15th-16th century, crowned in 1931. |
Borek Stary | Monastery of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | obraz MB Borkowskiej z Dzieciątkiem, crowned on 15 August 1919 |
Brdów | Pauline Fathers Monastery | Icon of Victoriaus Our Lady, crowned in 1983 |
Częstochowa | Jasna Góra Monastery | The Black Madonna of Częstochowa, crowned on 8 September 1717 |
Gniezno | Franciscan church and monastery in Gniezno | Virgin Mary of Consolation, the Lady of Gniezno |
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska | Kalwaria Zebrzydowska park | Our Lady of Calvary |
Kodeń | The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Monastery of Saint Ann | Icon of Our Lady, Mother of Unity |
Krzeszów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship | Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Krzeszów | Icon of Our Lady, Mother of Grace |
Licheń Stary | The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń | Icon of Our Lady of Sorrows |
Łukawiec | The Sanctuary od Our Lady of Łukawiec | Icon of Our Lady of Łukawiec (Tartaków) from 17th century, crowned on 3 June 1991 |
Niepokalanów | The Franciscan Basilica of Omni-mediatress of All Glories | Figure of Our Lady of Omni-mediatress of All Glories |
Przeworsk | The Bernardine Monastery of Saint Barbara | Icon of Our Lady of Consolation from the 17th century |
Różanystok | The Salesian Church | Icon of Our Lady, Help of Christians |
Rychwałd, Silesian Voivodeship | Minor basilica of Rychwałd - Sanctuary in Rychwałd | Madonna and Child - Our Lady of Rychwałd |
Stara Błotnica | Church of the Immaculate Conception | Icon of Our Lady from the 16th century crowned in 1977. |
Stoczek Klasztorny | Former Bernardine Church | Icon of Our Lady Queen of Peace |
Święta Lipka | Basilica of the Visitation - Sanctuary of Saint Mary | Madonna and Child - Our Lady of Swięta Lipka |
Wąwolnica | Basilica of St. Adalbert | Virgin Kębelska -Figure of the Virgin Mary with the baby Christ |
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A Marian apparition is a reported supernatural appearance by Mary the mother of Jesus, or a series of related such appearances during a period of time.
The term Black Madonna or Black Virgin tends to refer to statues or paintings in Western Christendom of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus, where both figures are depicted with dark skin. Examples of the Black Madonna can be found both in Catholic and Orthodox countries.
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is a Catholic Marian shrine and pilgrimage site dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes in the town of Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. The sanctuary includes several religious buildings and monuments around the grotto of Massabielle, the place where the events of the Lourdes apparitions occurred in 1858, among them are three basilicas, the Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, the Rosary Basilica and the Basilica of St. Pius X, respectively known as the upper, lower and underground basilica.
Our Lady of Lourdes is a title of the Virgin Mary. She is venerated under this title by the Roman Catholic Church due to her apparitions that occurred in Lourdes, France. The first apparition of 11 February 1858, of which Bernadette Soubirous told her mother that a "Lady" spoke to her in the cave of Massabielle while she was gathering firewood with her sister and a friend. Similar apparitions of the "Lady" were reported on 18 occasions that year, until the climax revelation in which she introduced herself as: "the Immaculate Conception". On 18 January 1862, the local Bishop of Tarbes Bertrand-Sévère Laurence endorsed the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes.
Our Lady of the Rosary, also known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, is a Marian title.
Our Lady often refers to:
Catholic Marian churches are religious buildings dedicated to the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary. These churches were built throughout the history of the Catholic Church, and today they can be found on every continent including Antarctica. The history of Marian church architecture tells the unfolding story of the development of Catholic Mariology.
Mary has been one of the major subjects of Western art for centuries. There is an enormous quantity of Marian art in the Catholic Church, covering both devotional subjects such as the Virgin and Child and a range of narrative subjects from the Life of the Virgin, often arranged in cycles. Most medieval painters, and from the Reformation to about 1800 most from Catholic countries, have produced works, including old masters such as Michelangelo and Botticelli.
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, known widely as the "Upper Church", is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica within the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. Constructed between 1862 and 1871 and consecrated in 1876, it was the second of the churches to be completed. The church was built on top of the rock above the Grotto and next to the Basilica of our Lady of the Rosary.
A Lourdes grotto is a replica of the grotto where the Lourdes apparitions occurred in 1858, in the town of Lourdes in France, now part of the sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes. Some Lourdes grottos are almost identical reproductions of the scene of the apparitions, with statues of Our Lady of Lourdes and Bernadette Soubirous in a natural or artificial cave, while others may differ from the original in size, shape or style.
A national shrine is a Catholic church or other sacred place which has met certain requirements and is given this honor by the national episcopal conference to recognize the church's special cultural, historical, and religious significance.
Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine is a Catholic Marian shrine and a parish church in Villianur, Puducherry, India. The shrine is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Lourdes.
A pilgrimage church is a church to which pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims.
The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes is located at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States, and is a reproduction of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France. The current Grotto was built in 1896, replacing a wooden grotto built on August 22, 1878. An artificial rock cave, the Grotto is used by its visitors as a sacred space for prayer, meditation, and outdoor Mass.
Basilicas are Catholic church buildings that have a designation, conferring special privileges, given by the Pope. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectural sense. Basilicas are either major basilicas, of which there are four, all in the Diocese of Rome, or minor basilicas, of which there were 1,810 worldwide as of 2019.