Onze Lieve Vrouw ter Linde
A lithograph of the miraculous statue of Our Lady of the Linden Tree in Uden, the Netherlands.
A 17th century Mexican painting of the translation of the Holy House of Loreto from the Holy Land to Italy.
Culture
Since Catholicism is a world religion, the culture of Mary is as diverse as that of the continents that bear her imprint.
- Miri Rubin in ‘Mother of God’
Nuestra Señora de Loreto
A late 18th century engraving of Our Lady of Loreto, the patroness of Algezares in Spain.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Ex votos in the chapel of the Madonna del Divino Aiuto (Our Lady of Divine Help) in the church of Gesù e Maria on the Via del Corso in Rome.
A south German altar depicting two significant moments from Mary’s life: the annunciation and the crucifixion.
The altar reminds the onlooker of Mary’s role in the redemption story and the relief she brings to the souls in purgatory, as seen in the lower part of the central panel.
La Madonnina delle Lacrime
A 1950s postcard of the miraculous Weeping Madonna of Siracusa, Sicily.
A street shrine for Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Porto Valtravaglia, Italy.
(Source: digilander.iol.it)
S Maria help us
A late 19th century lithograph of Our Lady of Help. The title of the image is printed in 5 languages.
The altar of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the shrine of the Madonna di Guadalupe in Santo Stefano d’Aveto, Italy.
(Source: commons.wikimedia.org)
A 1950s postcard of the candle procession at the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Portugal.
