Shrines to the Virgin Mary
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In Christian culture and practice, 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 destination of pilgrimages.
Many of the shrines have acquired a symbolic value for patriotism and nationalism in their area.
Among the shrines considered most significant for their apparitions:
- Holy Mary of Third Millennium at Three Fountains, Rome, Italy http://www.divinarivelazione.org/eng/index2.html
- Aparecida The largest Marian shrine in the world, as well as the most popular pilgrimage site in Latin America. It is dedicated to Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil's patron saint.
- Loreto, Italy
- Our Lady of China in Donglu, China
- Our Lady of Fatima in Fatima, Portugal
- [Our Lady of Good Health] Vailankanni, India
- Our Lady of the Well in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
- Our Lady of Ipswich in Ipswich, England
- Our Lady of La Salette in La Salette, France
- Our Lady of La Vang in La Vang, Vietnam
- Our Lady of Ostra Brama in Vilnius, Lithuania
- Our Lady of the Island in Eastport, New York (Long Island)
- Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Our Lady of Manaoag in Manaoag, Pangasinan, Philippines
- Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Nuestra Senora de la Naval De Manila in Quezon City, Philippines
- Our Lady of the Roses, Mary Help of Mothers[link] at Bayside, New York
- Our Lady of Walsingham in Walsingham, England
- The Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico
- The Basilica of Our Lady, Queen of Ireland in Knock, Ireland
- Pochayiv Lavra in Ukraine
- The Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
- The Black Madonna of Czestochowa in Czestochowa, Poland
- The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lichen in Lichen, Poland
- The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France
- The Sanctuary of the Black Virgin of Montserrat, Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain
- The Virgin of Sheshan, Help of Christians in Sheshan, China
- The Sanctuary of our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Cospicua, Malta
- The Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Paris, France
- Black Madonna Shrine and Grottos, in Jefferson County, Missouri
- Covadonga, Asturias, Spain.
- Santa María de Guadalupe, Spain.
- House of the Virgin Mary in Ephesus, Turkey.
- National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, in Attleboro, Massachusetts
- National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, in Belleville, Illinois
- National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, in Perryville, Missouri
- Our Lady of Bliss near Guiyang, China
- Our Lady of Combermere in Ontario, Canada.
- Our Lady of Heiloo in the Netherlands
- Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto located on the grounds of St. Francis Seminary in St. Francis, Wisconsin.
- Our Lady of Sorrows in Warfhuizen, the Netherlands.
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Sanctuary, Valletta,Malta
- [Our Lady of Poondy], Tamilnadu, India
- Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Ghar, Rabat, Malta
- Santwarju tal-Madonna ta' Pinu, Gharb,Gozo
- Shrine of Our Lady, Bradstowe
- Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows, in Rhineland, Missouri
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in LaCrosse, Wisconsin
- Shrine of Our Lady of Caversham, near Reading in Berkshire
- Sanctuary of macereto, in Italy
- The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Longtian, China
- The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Qingyang, China
- The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC
- The "sweet mother" in the cathedral of 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.
- The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa in Mellieħa, Malta
- Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, Brown County, Wisconsin
- Holy Hill National Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians, Erin, Wisconsin
- Valvanera, Spain
- Peñafrancia Basilica Minore, Philippines
- Mary Queen of the Universe Shrine, Orlando, Florida http://www.maryqueenoftheuniverse.org/
Use in personal names
In Hispanic culture, Marian shrines are a frequent source of female names of the form María de [...]. Some names omit Mary/María and include only the prominent source of the sobriquet (e.g. Pilar from Nuestra Senora del Pilar, or Lourdes from Our Lady of Lourdes).See also
External links
- [Truly Open Directory Web Page]
- [These Last Days Ministries - the largest and most complete site for Our Lady of the Roses]
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