Queen of Heaven is a title given by the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy, to Mary, mother of Jesus, and, to a lesser extent, in Evangelical Lutheranism and Anglicanism. The title has long been a
Coronation of the Virgin, by Diego Velázquez
A statue of Mary crowned with 12 stars, a reference to Revelation 12. Statue by Attard, Malta
Salus Populi Romani is a Roman Catholic title associated with the venerated image of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rome. This Byzantine icon of the Madonna and Child Jesus holding a Gospel book on a gold
The icon of the Salus Populi Romani after restoration (2018)
Icon Salus Populi Romani before restoration from 2018.
The second Canonical Coronation granted by Pope Pius XII on 1 November 1954, accompanied by a personal speech at the Basilica of Saint Peter and his Papal bull Ad Cæli Reginam.
The image adorned with its Canonical crowns and jewel regalia, no longer attached today. The crowns are stored within the treasury department of Saint Peter’s Basilica.