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The main altar in the pilgrimage church of Maria Kirchental near Salzburg, Austria.
An 18th century miniature of Our Lady of Mariazell, Austria. Small colourful images like this were sold at the shrine for pilgrims to take home.
A ceiling painting of the miraculous transportation of the image of Our Lady of Good Counsel in the pilgrimage church of Maria vom Guten Rat in Boeckstein, Austria.
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An altarpiece in the Servite church in Innsbruck, Austria.
It is a copy of the miraculous painting of the Annunciation venerated in the basilica of Santissima Annunziata in Florence.
Gnadenbild Maria Treu
The miraculous image of Mary venerated in the church of Maria Treu in Vienna, Austria.
It is the work of a local painter, who was struck by the plague in 1713. He and his wife vowed to travel to Rome if they would be healed. Though his wife died, the painter survived and embarked on his pilgrimage. During his stay in Rome he painted this copy of a Madonna, which he donated to the church upon his return to Vienna. It soon became an object of fervent devotion.
Gnadenbild Thierberg
The statue of Mary in the pilgrimage chapel in Thierberg, Austria. It is a copy of the famous black Madonna venerated in Montserrat near Barcelona.
The miraculous statue of Our Lady of Mariazell, venerated under the title ‘Magna Mater Austriae’ (Great Mother of Austria).
Emeritus pope Benedict XVI, who resigned earlier today, has a great devotion for Our Lady of Mariazell. He kept a copy of this statue in his private chapel in the Vatican.
Gnadenbild Maria Trost
The miraculous image of Mary venerated in the pilgrimage basilica of Our Lady of Consolation in Graz, Austria.
Gnadenbild Rankweil
The miraculous gothic Madonna venerated in the pilgrimage church of Rankweil, Austria.
Maria Strassengel
The late medieval miraculous image of Mary venerated in Strassengel, Austria.
Mary is depicted as Our Lady of Grains, standing in prayer while pregnant and wearing a dress with a pattern of full ears of wheat. She thus becomes the Mother of the Bread of Life, one of Christ’s Eucharistic titles.
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Maria Trost
The interior of the pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Consolation in Graz, Austria.
The baroque pilgrimage basilica of Maria Trost in Graz, Austria.
The church was built between 1714 and 1724 and is one of Styria’s most important places of pilgrimage.
S. Maria Adlwang
A devotional image of the miraculous pietà venerated in Adlwang, Austria.
