Our Lady of Charity is a celebrated Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in many Catholic countries.
The present image enshrined in the Minor Basilica of Nuestra Señora Caridad del Cobre
The Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, built in 1926.
The fertility goddess Oshun sometimes syncretised to the Virgin Mary by African animists of the Yoruba pagan religion.
For many centuries, Notre-Dame-de-La-Charité was the second largest church in Europe.
The Pietà is a subject in Christian art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the mortal body of Jesus Christ after his Descent from the Cross. It is most often found in sculpture. The Pietà is a
Our Lady of Charity
…18th century, adding royal and artistic value to its traditional processions. Pope Pius XI granted a decree of Pontifical coronation for the venerated Pieta image of Our Lady of Charity (1723) in the city of Cartagena on 17 April 1923 through the former Bishop of Cartagena, Vicente Alonzo y Salgado. Pope…
Michelangelo Buonarotti's Pietà in Saint Peter's Basilica, 1498–1499. Crowned by the Pontifical decree of Pope Urban VIII in 1637.
Sculpture Crucifixion of Jesus observing Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus (Salzburg work, 1470s), National Gallery of Slovenia.
The Pieta as “Our Lady of Charity” (1723) from Cartagena, Spain. Crowned by the Pontifical decree of Pope Pius X in 1923.
The Pietà image of the Marienthal Basílica in France. Crowned by Pontifical decree of Pope Pius IX in 1859.