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Mother of God (Generic Title) 13 August 1911 [109] Basilica of the Visitation of Our Lady, Werl: Pope Pius X [cc] Our Lady, Comforter of the Afflicted [110] 17 August 1913 Verne, Salzkotten: Pope Pius X Our Lady of Sorrows [111] 10 May 1925 Kamp-Bornhofen: Pope Pius XI Saint Mary of the Copper Valley [112] 7 June 1925 St. Maria in der ...
"Visitation" with donor portrait, from Altarpiece of the Virgin (St Vaast Altarpiece) by Jacques Daret, c. 1435 (Staatliche Museen, Berlin). In Christianity, the Visitation, also known as the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, refers to the visit of Mary, who was pregnant with Jesus, to Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the Baptist, in the Gospel of Luke, Luke 1:39–56.
The objective of the stations is to help the Christian faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage through contemplation of the Passion of Christ. It has become one of the most popular devotions and the stations can be found in many Western Christian churches, including those in the Roman Catholic, [1] Lutheran, [2] [3] Anglican, [4] and Methodist ...
In the Catholic Church, a canonical visitation is the act of an ecclesiastical superior who in the discharge of his office visits persons or places with a view to maintaining faith and discipline and of correcting abuses. A person delegated to carry out such a visitation is called a visitor.
The full body of Our Lady of Guibang. The image of the Virgin of the Visitation is that of the typical Madonna and Child model in a classic Philippine Colonial aesthetic: the de bastidor body and imperial ensemble consists of a beautifully beaded, oftentimes embroidered vestments, a cape and a set of crowns, a rostrillo, Doce Estrellas and a scepter for the Virgin.
Catholics use images, such as the crucifix, the cross, in religious life and pray using depictions of saints. They also venerate images and liturgical objects by kissing, bowing, and making the sign of the cross. They point to the Old Testament patterns of worship followed by the Hebrew people as examples of how certain places and things used ...
The Seven Churches Visitation is an originally Roman Catholic Lenten tradition to visit seven churches on the evening of Holy Thursday. Following the Mass of the Lord's Supper, the Blessed Sacrament is placed on the Altar of Repose in the church for adoration. During the Seven Churches Visitation, the faithful visit several churches ...
The Visitation is a c. 1517 painting of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary to Saint Elizabeth by Raphael, in the Prado Museum since 1837. [1] Commissioned by the Apostolic Protonotary Giovanni Branconio at his father Marino's request for their family chapel in the church of San Silvestre in Aquila (Marino's wife was called Elisabeth), it was plundered by the occupation troops of Philip IV of ...