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The Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Polish: Czarna Madonna z Częstochowy; Latin: Imago thaumaturga Beatae Virginis Mariae Immaculatae Conceptae, in Claro Monte, lit. 'Miraculous Image of the Immaculate Conception, the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Crystal Mountain'), also known as Our Lady of Częstochowa (Polish: Matka Boska Częstochowska) is a venerated icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary housed ...
In the cathedral at Chartres, there were two Black Madonnas: Notre Dame de Pilar, a 1508 dark walnut copy of a 13th-century silver Madonna, standing atop a high pillar, surrounded by candles; and Notre Dame de Sous-Terre, a replica of an original destroyed during the French Revolution.
By one account, the image of the Madonna was moved to Montserrat in 718, to avoid the danger posed by invading Saracens. [10] Legend has it that the Benedictine monks could not move the statue to construct their monastery, choosing to instead build around it. The statue's sanctuary is located at the rear of the chapel, where an altar of gold ...
by January Suchodolski Black Madonna of Częstochowa, Poland Jasna Góra Monastery was founded in 1382 by Pauline monks who came from Hungary at the invitation of Vladislaus II of Opole . The new monastery was entrusted with the icon, depicting the Mother of God with the Christ Child , known as the Black Madonna of Częstochowa or Our Lady of ...
Engraving of Our Lady of Le Puy, or the Black Madonna. A town called Anicium existed on the site since at least the 6th century. Fragments of Roman temple sculpture were reused in the walls of the cathedral, and Roman funeral monuments, and Paleochristian sculptures and other artifacts have been found nearby.
The centerpiece of the new shrine was a church building designed by the Polish-American architect George Szeptycki housing the replica of the Black Madonna painting. Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, visited twice: first in 1969 and then in 1976, while attending the Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia. [4]
She is depicted as a Black Madonna. The "Royal Basilica Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Candelaria" ( Basilica of Candelaria ) is considered the main church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the Canary Islands and she is the patroness saint of the Canary Islands . [ 1 ]
This Black Madonna is enshrined in Antipolo Cathedral in the Sierra Madre mountains east of Metro Manila. [1] The image was brought to the country by governor-general Juan Niño de Tabora from Mexico via the galleon El Almirante in 1626.