Marian devotions are external pious practices directed to the person of Mary, mother of Jesus, by members of certain Christian traditions. They are performed in Catholicism, High Church Lutheranism, A
Madonna and Five Angels, Botticelli, c. 1485
Marian Votive Shrine at the Anglo-Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)
A statue of Mother Mary in the Lutheran church of Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune, Strasbourg
Our Lady of Kazan has been the subject of devotions both in the Catholic Church and in Eastern Orthodoxy.
Catholic Mariology is the systematic study of the person of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and of her place in the economy of salvation in Catholic theology. According to the doctrine of the Immaculate Co
The Blessed Virgin Mary is depicted in a rose garden with angels playing music. Roses are a symbol of Mary.
Christ and Mary, mosaic, Chora Church, 12–14th century
Santa Maria Antiqua, in the Forum Romanum, 5th century, seat of Pope John VII
Mary as the Queen of Heaven in Dante's Divine Comedy. Illustration by Gustave Doré.