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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.

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:

• Holy Mary of Third Millennium at Three Fountains, Rome, Italy http://www.divinarivelazione.org/eng/index2.html
• 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
• 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
• Our Lady of Good Health Vailankanni, India
• Our Lady of China in Donglu, China
• the Virgin of Sheshan, Help of Christians in Sheshan, China
• Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Our Lady of Manaoag in Manaoag, Pangasinan, Philippines
• Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Nuestra Senora de la Naval De Manila in Quezon City, Philippines

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.
• 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
• Our Lady of Poondy, Tamilnadu, India
• Robinsonville Chapel, near Champion, Wisconsin in rural Brown County
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• National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, in Attleboro, Massachusetts
• 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
• Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in LaCrosse, Wisconsin
• Sanctuary of macereto, in Italy

Shrines to the Virgin Mary - Use in personal names

In Hispanic culture, Marian shrines are a frequent source of female names of the form María de [...]. Some names omit Mary/María 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

• Marian apparition

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