Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Dolours, the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows, and Our Lady of Piety, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours are names by which Mary, mother of Jesus, is referred to in relation to sorrows in life. As Mater Dolorosa, it is also a key subject for Marian art in the Catholic Church.
Seven Swords Piercing the Sorrowful Heart of Mary in the Church of the Holy Cross, Salamanca, Spain
Mary surrounded by the Seven Sorrows
Our Lady who softens evil hearts, Russian icon, 19th century
Mater Dolorosa
Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christianity, is known by many different titles, epithets, invocations, and several names associated with places.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Byzantine icon, possibly 13th or 14th century
Dormition of the Mother of God 10th c. ivory plaque, Cluny
Madonna and Child among Ethiopian saints, Ethiopia mid 17th c.
Copy of Our Lady of Mercy from Lwów Cathedral before which John II Casimir Vasa first made vows to Mary, "Queen of Poland and Lithuania in 1656