Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.
Portrait of Sister Margaret Mary Alacoque
St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy, The Altar of the Sacred Heart, mosaic. The painting for the mosaic was by Carlo Muccioli in 1919-20
Jesus Christ appearing to St. Margaret Mary, Church of San Michele, Cortemilia, Italy
The Vision of the Heart of Jesus by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque by unknown artist
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus Christ is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love fo
Margaret Mary Alacoque
…Mary Alacoque (French: Marguerite-Marie Alacoque; 22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690) was a French Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form. Alacoque was born in 1647 in L'Hautecour, Burgundy, France, now part of the commune of Verosvres, then in the Duchy of Burgundy…
Sacred Heart of Jesus by the Italian artist Pompeo Batoni in the Church of the Gesù, Rome
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Church of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais, Paris, France
Holy card depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus, c. 1880. Auguste Martin collection, University of Dayton Libraries
Mystic Ecstasy of St. Gertrude the Great – worshipper of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ (picture by Pietro Liberi, at the Abbey of Santa Giustina, Padua, Italy)