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The vessels now carry names deriverd from one of the many Our Lady titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus, or from Catholic saints.

Alessio Tramello

The first, Basilica of Santa Maria di Campagna was built (1522–1528) and is considered to be a prime example of Renaissance architecture.

Annibale Maria di Francia

On July 11, 1909 he wrote to Pope S. Pius X: "From my youth I have devoted myself to the words of the Gospel: Pray therefore the Lord of the Harvest...In my charitable institutions, orphans, poor, priests and nuns, all pray incessantly to the loving Hearts of Jesus and Mary, to the Patriarch St. Joseph and to the Apostles, that they may provide the Holy Church with numerous and chosen laborers for the harvest of souls".

Ballyhaunis railway station

Passenger traffic through the station increased notably in the form of pilgrims following the claim in 1879 that there had been an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Evangelist and Jesus Christ (as the Lamb of God) in the nearby town of Knock.

Basilica of the Holy Mother of God Eleusa, Nesebar

The Basilica of the Holy Mother of God Eleusa, Nesebar, is a former monastery church situated in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Nesebar in Bulgaria and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title "Eleusa", Ελεούσσα in Byzantine Greek, or "the Tender".

Beezus Quimby

However, in Ramona and her Father, Beezus adopts a grouchier attitude because of her father's unemployment, albeit toward the ending of the book her mood is enlightened a bit as a result of her selection to portray the Blessed Virgin Mary in the upcoming Nativity play.

Belene

The Catholic Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1860, the Eastern Orthodox Church of St George in 1874 and the Catholic Church of Saint Anthony of Padua was constructed in 1893.

Faith healing

Among the best-known accounts by Catholics of faith healings are those attributed to the miraculous intercession of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary known as Our Lady of Lourdes at the grotto of Lourdes in France and the remissions of life-threatening disease claimed by those who have applied for aid to Saint Jude, who is known as the "patron saint of lost causes".

Gil Vicente

In contrast, his representations of the mythic, symbolic, and religious aspects of Christmas, such as the figure of the Virgin Mother, the infant Jesus, and Christmas eve, demonstrate a harmony and purity which is not present in his social commentary.

Giovanni Leonardi

John Leonardi worked with this community to spread devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, devotion to the Forty Hours, and frequent reception of the Holy Eucharist.

John Lingard

Lingard also authored the very popular Catholic hymn to the Virgin Mary titled Hail Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star.

Lady Diana Cooper

After working as a nurse during the war and working as editor of the magazine Femina, she wrote a column in the Beaverbrook newspapers before turning to the stage, playing the Madonna in the revival of The Miracle (directed by Max Reinhardt).

Mediatrix of all graces

Mediatrix of All Graces is a special Marian title that some Roman Catholics give to the Blessed Virgin Mary as the mother of Jesus Christ, encompassing the belief that all the graces and blessings that her son gives come through her.

Methods of praying the rosary

Montfort was an early proponent of Mariology, and much of his work is devoted to the subjects of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the rosary.

Monastic Family of Bethlehem, of the Assumption of the Virgin and of Saint Bruno

The vocation of the Monastic Family of Bethlehem, of the Assumption of the Virgin and of Saint Bruno communities consists in listening to the Gospel with the Blessed Virgin Mary in the heart of the Church, in love, in solitude, through liturgical life, study, work and poverty.

Mozzetta

Benedict wore the winter mozzetta during the papal station at the image of the Madonna near the Spanish Steps that traditionally marks the beginning of Rome's winter season, and he wore it on all the occasions in the winter season where this garment was appropriate.

Novena

The practice was later adopted by new converts to the Roman Catholic faith who associated the event of the Twelve Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Upper Room as they prayed for nine days until the Holy Spirit descended on the Feast of the Pentecost.

Our Mother of Sheshan

Our Mother of Sheshan or Our Lady of Sheshan, also known as Our Mother (or Lady) of Zose (Zose being the Shanghainese pronunciation of Mandarin Sheshan), is a celebrated Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated by Chinese Roman Catholics.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Auch

Auch Cathedral, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Gothic structure with a Byzantine façade, but in spite of this incongruity, very imposing; its fifteenth-century windows are said to be the most beautiful in France.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen

The cross is taken from the arms of the See of Trenton from which the diocese was formed; the tongue of fire refers both to "metachen," Lenni Lenape for firewood, and the descent of the Holy Spirit; the crowned M refers to the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the diocesan patron, founding bishop Theodore McCarrick's arms, and Pope John Paul II's arms.

São João de Areias

Seven chapels were constructed during this epoch, and dedicated to São Sebastião, São Pedro, São Silvestre, São João Evangelista, Santo António and São Miguel, in addition to a chapel to Nossa Senhora da Graça, and later the chapels dedicated to São José and São Francisco (no Casal).

Solemnity

A solemnity is the highest ranking feast day in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Rite, celebrating a mystery of faith such as the Trinity, an event in the life of Jesus, his mother Mary, or another important saint.

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God is a liturgical feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary honoring her divine motherhood to Jesus Christ and the day that the birth of Jesus is publicly announced.

St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick

Limerick Cathedral (St Mary's) is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary was founded in 1168 and is the oldest building in Limerick which is in daily use.

Star of the Sea

Our Lady, Star of the Sea - a translation of the Latin Stella Maris - is the Blessed Virgin Mary in her aspect as a guide and protector to those who work or travel on the sea and under which title she is venerated in many Catholic seaside communities.

Studzienka Jankowicka

The Chapel consists of the altar, above it, there is the cross and the three-metre-high statue of The Blessed Virgin Mary called by people of Jankowice – The Holy Virgin from Studzienka, and the statue of Bernadette (the girl, who saw The Blessed Virgin in Lourdes)

Themes in Italian Renaissance painting

Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna of the Rocks, now in the National Gallery, London but previously in a chapel in Milan, is one of many images that was used in the petitioning of the Blessed Virgin Mary against plague.

Tongerlo Abbey

It was founded in 1128 in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Giselbert of Kasterlee, who not only gave the land, but also himself became a lay brother in the new community.

Tzippori

In later Christian traditions it is believed to be the birthplace of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where Saints Anna and Joachim once resided.


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1677 in art

Pietro Giarguzzi - The Holy Trinity crowning the Blessed Virgin Mary (fresco) at San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane.

Archbishop of Glasgow

On the same day, the Holy See announced the appointment of Bishop Philip Tartaglia of Paisley as Archbishop of Glasgow to succeed Archbishop Mario Conti; he took possession of the diocese on 8 September 2012, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Baptism of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Baptism of the Blessed Virgin Mary is an episode in the The Mystical City of God - a narrative of the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Venerable Mary of Agreda, a 17th-century Franciscan nun and Catholic visionary.

Battle of Empel

On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary; In 1892, Maria Cristina of Austria (Maria Christina Désirée Henriette Felicitas Rainiera von Habsburg-Lothringen, u Österreich), Queen Regent of Spain, proclaimed Mary of the Immaculate Conception patroness of the entire Spanish Infantry.

Canonsleigh Abbey

By 1284 the number of canons had declined to seven, and these were evicted in 1285 when the widow Maud de Lacy, Countess of Gloucester(d.1289), formerly the wife of Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester(d.1262), refounded the establishment as a nunnery as the Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Etheldreda.

Capuciati

The origin of the Capuciati is traced to a poor carpenter of Le Puy, named Durand, who claimed to have had an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1182.

Church of St. Nicholas Within

In 1469 Edward IV gave the Earl of Worcester permission to found a chantry in honour of God and the Blessed Virgin Mary and to have masses said for the benefit of the founders and all the departed.

Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Emborough

The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Emborough, Somerset, England is medieval in origin but underwent extensive renovation in the 18th century.

Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Anglican Communion Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (celebrated December 8)

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

In the Church of England, the "Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary" may be observed as a Lesser Festival on 8 December.

Gate of Dawn

Church festival of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Mercy—celebrated in the third week of November—is of great importance in the Vilnius Archdiocese.

Jungian interpretation of religion

(This analysis prompted Jung to send a congratulatory note to Pope Pius XII in 1950 upon the adoption of the doctrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, to wit completing the quaternity.)

Loretto

Sisters of Loreto: formally called the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary

María del Carmen González-Valerio

The family later sought safety in San Sebastian and Mari Carmen was sent to a boarding school, School of the Reverend Irish Mothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Zalla.

Nathaniel Hitch

Lincoln Cathedral (The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln) - a Church of England cathedral in Lincoln, England

Nativity of the Virgin

Nativity of Mary, birthday of the Roman Catholic Blessed Virgin Mary

Our Lady of Africa

See Titles of Mary for Our Lady of Africa, a devotional title of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ceuta, Spain

Rachel de Montmorency

In 1946 Rachel de Montmorency was commissioned to design a single light window for the North Chancel of the 12th century St. Mary church of Great Shefford, Berkshire, which depicts the Blessed Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Częstochowa

Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny (OO Dominikanów)
(Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary), Gidle

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce

Bazylika Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wiślica
(Basilica of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary )

Roman Catholic Diocese of Łowicz

Its cathedral, the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas, stands as one of the Polish National Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated November 13, 2012.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rēzekne-Aglona

Vissvētākās Jaunavas Marijas Debesīs Uzņemšanas Bazilika in Aglona
(Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

St Mary's Cathedral, Perth

St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, officially the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth, and seat of its Archbishop, currently Timothy Costelloe.

Sytykhiv

The only church in the city, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is an example of traditional Ukrainian wooden church architecture.

Tatamailau

The Tatamailau is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and the subject of an annual pilgrimage commemorating the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on or around March 25.