Shrines_to_the_Virgin_Mary

Shrines to the Virgin Mary

Shrines to the Virgin Mary

Typically Catholic shrines


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.

Façade of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Italy

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Argentina

Our Lady of Luján at the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján in Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Our Lady of Beauraing

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

  • Pilgrimage Basilica of the Visitation of Our Lady, Hejnice
  • Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady - Black Madonna of Brno

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

France

Statue of Our Lady of Lourdes in the Grotto

Germany

Gibraltar

Greece

Guatemala

  • The Virgin of Carmel Sanctuary. Guatemala city.

Holy Land

Twelfth-century façade of Mary's Tomb in the garden of Gethsemane, in Jerusalem

Honduras

Hong Kong

Indonesia

India

Ireland

Italy

The shrine dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pompei, Italy

Japan

Lebanon

Our Lady of Lebanon, Harissa, Lebanon

Lithuania

Malta

Malaysia

Mexico

Monaco

Montenegro

Netherlands

Sorrowful Mother of Warfhuizen

Nicaragua

Pakistan

Philippines

Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Peñafrancia
Manila Cathedral
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of La Naval de Manila

Poland

The Sanctuary of Victoriaus Our Lady in Brdów (Poland)
Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of Tartaków in Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of Poland Church in Łukawiec.
Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of Consolation in Bernardine Monastery in Przeworsk
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Portugal

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, in Portugal, is one of the most famous Marian shrines in the world.

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Slovakia

  • Marianka, Malacky District
  • Basilika Minor-Visitation of Virgin Mary-Levoca
  • Basilika of Birthday Virgin Mary-Zilina
  • Basilika of Birthday Virgin Mary-Vranov n Toplou
  • Our Lady of Snow-Banska Stiavnica
  • Our Lady of Sorrow-Petrzalka
  • Our Lady of Rosary-Ruzomberok-Cernova
  • Assumption of Virgin Mary-Bratislava-Blumental
  • Assumption of Virgin Mary-Bratislava-Notre Dame
  • Assumption of Virgin Mary-Banska Stiavnica
  • Assumption of Virgin Mary-Topolcany
  • Assumption of Virgin Mary-Pezinok
  • Visitation of Virgin Mary-Nitra

Serbia

South Africa

Slovenia

  • The National Shrine Mary Help of Christians at Brezje
  • The mantled Virgin Mary - the protector from Ptujska Gora[19]
  • Church of Our Lady of Mercy on Zaplaz[20]
  • Basilica of St. Mary, Mother of God at Sveta Gora[21]
  • Basilica of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Petrovče[22]

South Korea

Spain

Altar of the Virgin of El Rocío, Huelva, Spain

Sri Lanka

Switzerland

Syria

Turkey

Ukraine

Our Lady of Westminster

United Kingdom

United States

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington

Uruguay

Venezuela

Vietnam

See also


References

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  2. Marian Shrines in Canada webpage. The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio, US. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  3. "Official website of the National Shrine of Our Lady of El Cisne". Archived from the original on 25 August 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  4. Shrine of Our Lady of Europe Archived 18 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Gibraltar Government
  5. Kirk, Martha Ann (1 January 2004). Women of Bible Lands: A Pilgrimage to Compassion and Wisdom. Liturgical Press. ISBN 9780814651568.
  6. "Missionaries of the Divine Revelation". Divinarivelazione.org. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  7. Matt Bradley and, Ziad Jaber (2 November 2023). "Emptied by worries of war, a tiny Christian town clings to Lebanon's edge". NBC News. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  8. "Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pivašiūnai". Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  9. Lebedeva, Elena (18 December 2006). "Храм Святого Николая Чудотворца В Толмачах" [Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Tolmachi]. pravoslavie.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  10. "The beauty of all churches: The mantled Virgin Mary - the protector". Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  11. "Sveta Gora - dobrodošli - Zgodovina Svete Gore". Svetagora.si. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  12. "Bazilika Matere Božje v Petrovčah" [Basilica of the Mother of God in Petrovče] (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  13. "Suffolk Churches site". Suffolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  14. "Parks: Our Lady Of Fatima Shrine". www.americaonwheels.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  15. "Visitors to Belmont Abbey". Belmontabbeycollege.edu. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  16. "The magnificent main Chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel". www.ourladyofmtcarmelshrine.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  17. Marian Shrines in the United States webpage. The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  18. For further reading, see Marian Shrines of the United States: A Pilgrim's Travel Guide (Liguori Publications).

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