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4 unusual facts about Queen of Heaven


Queen of Heaven

These are prayed at different times of the year, at the end of Compline.

The movement to officially recognise the Queenship of Mary was initially promoted by several Catholic Mariological congresses in Lyon, France; Freiburg, Germany; and Einsiedeln, Switzerland.

That same title also appears in many other early writers, e.g., Jerome, and Peter Chrysologus.

The prayer is used especially after Compline, the final canonical hour of prayer before going to sleep.


Godescalc Evangelistary

This shows possible influence from the style of the icon of the Virgin crowned as Queen (also known as Queen of Heaven); located in the Santa Maria in Trastevere, executed for Pope John VII (705-707).


see also

Steven Parent

Funeral services for Steven Parent were held on August 13, 1969, at the Church of the Nativity in El Monte, after which he was interred at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in nearby Rowland Heights.

Violet Bidwill Wolfner

She died on January 29, 1962 and is buried at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois.