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:
Our Lady of Fatima in Fatima , Portugal
The Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City , Mexico
The Basilica of Our Lady, Queen of Ireland in Knock , Ireland
Loreto , Italy
The Black Madonna of Czestochowa in Czestochowa , Poland
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lichen in Lichen (Poland) , Poland
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes , France
The Sanctuary of the Black Virgin of Montserrat , Montserrat , Catalonia , Spain
Our Lady of La Vang in La Vang , Vietnam
Our Lady of La Salette in La Salette , France
Our Lady of Walsingham in Walsingham , England
Our Lady of Ipswich in Ipswich , England
Our Lady of Ostra Brama in Vilnius , Lithuania
Basilica of the Virgin Mary , India
Our Lady of China in Donglu , China
the Virgin of Sheshan , Help of Christians in Sheshan , China
Other shrines include:
Our Lady of Bliss near Guiyang , China
Covadonga , Asturias, Spain.
Guadalupe , Spain.
Our Lady of Heiloo in the Netherlands
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
Shrine of Our Lady, Bradstowe
The "sweet mother" in the cathedral of 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands .
Valvanera , Spain
Our Lady of Sorrows in Warfhuizen , the Netherlands .
Our Lady of Combermere in Ontario , Canada .
House of the Virgin Mary in Ephesus , Turkey .
Use in personal names
In Hispanic culture, Marian shrines are a frequent source of female names of the form Marķa de [...] . Some names omit Mary/Marķa 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 (http://www.trulyopendirectory.com/Religion_And_Spirituality_-_Christianity_-_Denominations_-_Catholicism_-_Saints_-_M_-_Blessed_Virgin_Mary_-_Shrines )
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