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The Virgin of Mercy is a subject in Christian art, showing a group of people sheltering for protection under the outspread cloak, or pallium, of the Virgin Mary.It was especially popular in Italy from the 13th to 16th centuries, often as a specialised form of votive portrait; it is also found in other countries and later art, especially Spain and Latin America.
Our Lady of Mercy - From the Generalate of the Mercedarian Order.. The Royal, Celestial and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of the Captives (Latin: Ordo Beatae Mariae de Mercede Redemptionis Captivorum, abbreviated O. de M.), also known as the Mercedarians, is a Catholic mendicant order established in 1218 by Peter Nolasco in the city of Barcelona, at that time the ...
Our Lady of Mercy or Our Mother of Mercy is an epithet for Mary, mother of Jesus, in her role as Virgin of Mercy. Several religious institutions bear this name, including: Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy (Yarumal) Basilica of Our Mother of Mercy, Slovenia; Cotonou Cathedral, Benin; Church of Our Lady the Merciful, Russia; Our Lady of Pellevoisin ...
The Virgin of Mercy, with Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist – each identifiable by their attributes – standing behind the donor portraits.. The Virgin of Mercy is a painting of the Virgin of Mercy type, produced around 1452 for the Cadard family by Enguerrand Quarton and Pierre Vilatte.
The Scapular of Our Lady of Mercy is a Roman Catholic devotional scapular that traces its roots to the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy also known as Our Lady of Ransom (Latin: Ordo Beatae Mariae de Mercede redemptionis captivorum) which was founded by St. Peter Nolasco in the city of Barcelona, at that time in the Kingdom of Aragon, for the redemption of Christian captives.
Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christianity, is known by many different titles (Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady, Holy Virgin, Madonna), epithets (Star of the Sea, Queen of Heaven, Cause of Our Joy), invocations (Panagia, Mother of Mercy, God-bearer Theotokos), and several names associated with places (Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of Fátima).
Colombia - Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá [25] Ecuador - Our Lady of the Presentation of El Quinche; Paraguay - Our Lady of the Miracles of Caacupé [20] Peru - Our Lady of Mercy [20] Uruguay - The Virgin of the Thirty Three (La Virgen de los Treinta y Tres) [20] Venezuela - Our Lady of Coromoto [20] Zulia - Our Lady of the Rosary of ...
The Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary [1] (Italian: Frati della Beata Gloriosa Vergine Maria; Latin: Ordo Militiae Mariae Gloriosae), also called the Order of Saint Mary of the Tower or the Order of the Knights of the Mother of God, commonly the Knights of Saint Mary, was a military order founded in 1261.