The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar is a Catholic church in the city of Zaragoza, Aragon. It is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Pillar, praised as
The Pilar and image of Our Lady on the altar of the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pilar in Zaragoza.
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Front side of the basilica
Mudéjar church of the Pillar in 1647 by Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo.
Our Lady of the Pillar is the name given to the Virgin Mary in the context of the traditional belief that Mary, while living in Jerusalem, supernaturally appeared to the Apostle James the Greater in A
Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar
…de Nuestra Señora del Pilar) is a Catholic church in the city of Zaragoza, Aragon. It is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Pillar, praised as "Mother of the Hispanic Peoples" by Pope John Paul II. It is reputed to be the first-ever church dedicated to Mary. Local traditions take…
The image of Our Lady of the Pillar wearing her canonical crown
Apparition of the Virgin of the Pillar to Saint James and his Saragossan disciples by Francisco Goya, c. 1769
Our Lady of the Pillar by Ramón Bayeu, 1780
The work represents the Virgen del Pilar, patroness of Spain.