Shrines to the Virgin Mary

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.

Related Topics:
Christian - Shrine - Apparition - Miracle - Blessed Virgin Mary - Pilgrimages

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Many of the shrines have acquired a symbolic value for patriotism and nationalism in their area.

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Among the shrines considered most significant for their apparitions:

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• 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
• The Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
• Our Lady of La Vang in La Vang, Vietnam
• Our Lady of the Island in Eastport, New York(Long Island)
• 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:

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• 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.
• The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa in Mellieħa, Malta
• Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Ghar, Rabat, Malta
• Santwarju tal-Madonna ta' Pinu, Gharb,Gozo
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel Sanctuary, Valletta,Malta
• Robinsonville Chapel, near Champion, Wisconsin in rural Brown County
• National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, in Belleville, Illinois
• National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, in Perryville, Missouri
• Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows, in Rhineland, Missouri
• Black Madonna Shrine and Grottos, in Jefferson County, Missouri
 
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