Posts tagged with black madonna.
Notre Dame des Miracles
A vintage postcard of the altar and miraculous statue of Our Lady of Miracles in the pilgrimage basilica in Mauriac, France.
The miraculous statue of Our Lady of Altötting, the most popular Marian shrine of Bavaria.
According to legend, in 1489 a three-year-old boy who had drowned in the river was revived when his grieving mother placed him in front this statue.
Unsere Liebe Frau von Einsiedeln
A 1930s postcard of the statue of Our Lady of Einsiedeln, Switzerland.
Regina Poloniae
The miraculous icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Queen of Poland.
Madonna del Soccorso
A vintage postcard of the altar of Our Lady of Help in San Severo, Italy.
What is striking about this statue is that Mary is black while Jesus is white. According to some historians this is the result of the baroque make over the statue received in 1760, when the original Child was replaced with the current one.
H. Kapelle Maria Einsiedeln
An 18th century engraving depicting the chapel in the abbey church of Einsiedeln, Switzerland’s most important place of pilgrimage.
The statue of Notre-Dame des Malades on the dome of the church of St Blaise in Vichy, France.
Maria Vergine S.S. D’Oropa
A devotional image of the miraculous Madonna of Oropa, Italy.
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S. Maria Einsidlensis
The miraculous statue of Our Lady of Einsiedeln, Switzerland.
