Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Chiquinquirá, or the Virgin of Chiquinquirá, is a Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a venerated image in the northern Andes region. She has been fo
The Colombian image made in 1562
Painting of the Virgin of Chiquinquirá, made in 1660 by Baltasar Vargas de Figueroa. Colección de Arte del Banco de la República, Bogotá.
The Venezuelan colonial image of the Virgin of Chiquinquirá housed in the Basilica of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Interior view of the Basilica of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá, Maracaibo, in Venezuela
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Pope Pius X was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 until his death in August 1914. He opposed modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, and promoted liturgical reforms and Thomist sc
Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá
…The first and original painting was made by the Spaniard Alonso de Narváe on cotton support in 1562. Pope Pius X on 9 January 1910 authorised the Canonical Coronation of the image but was not carried out until 9 July 1919 due to the political turmoil prevalent at…
Portrait by Ernest Walter Histed, c. 1914
Official portrait, 1903
The Marian image of Our Lady of Confidence, for whom Pius had a devotion
A young Giuseppe Sarto