Shrines to the Virgin Mary
A shrine to the Virgin Mary, or Marian shrine, is a shrine marking an apparition or other miracle ascribed to the Blessed Virgin Mary, or a site on which is centered a historically strong Marian devotion. Such locales are often the destinations of Christian pilgrimages.
Façade of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Italy
Our Lady of Luján at the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján in Argentina
Our Lady of Beauraing
Statue of Our Lady of Lourdes in the Grotto
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.
