Palmarian Christian Church
The Palmarian Church, officially registered as the Palmarian Christian Church and also known as the Palmarian Catholic Church, is a Christian church with an episcopal see in El Palmar de Troya, Andalusia, Spain. The Palmarian Church claims to be the exclusive One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church founded by Jesus Christ. It claims that the Holy See, the institution of the Papacy and the headquarters of the Catholic Church was moved to El Palmar de Troya at the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Crowned Mother of Palmar, under the auspices of the Patriarchate of El Palmar de Troya, in 1978, due to the apostasy of the Roman Catholic Church from the Catholic faith.
The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Crowned Mother of Palmar, which the Palmarian Church considers the present headquarters of the Holy See of the Catholic Church.
The Virgin Mary as she would have appeared as Our Lady of La Salette in 1846. This initiated a series of apocalyptic Marian apparitions, warning modern man of a coming great chastisement.
The Virgin Mary in the mantle of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Her alleged appearance at Palmar de Troya from 1968 onwards formed the basis of the Palmarians.
Santa Faz by Alonso López de Herrera. Based on apparitions in 1969, devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus Christ would become a prominent aspect of the Palmarians.
A Marian apparition is a reported supernatural appearance by Mary the mother of Jesus, or a series of related such appearances during a period of time.
The Marian Vision of Saint Bernard, by Fra Bartolommeo, c. 1504. Uffizi, Florence
Statue of Our Lady of La Salette, an apparition reported to have occurred in France
Our Lady of Guadalupe is widely considered integral to the cultural identity of Mexico and Latin American culture.
Jetzer being tricked. Jetzer was a Dominican friar in Bern, and some of his brothers tricked him into thinking he was receiving a revelation from the Virgin Mary. Eventually he realized the truth. As punishment for this scandal, four Dominicans were burned at the stake by order of Pope Julius II with an audience of 30,000 people on May 1, 1509.