The veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church encompasses various devotions which include prayer, pious acts, visual arts, poetry, and music devoted to her. Popes have encouraged it, while also taking
A restored icon of Salus Populi Romani
The Virgin Mary from the Ghent Altarpiece, 1432
The Virgin of Mercy protecting a group of nuns under her mantle. Sano di Pietro, 15th century.
Miguel Hidalgo's 1810 Guadalupan flag
Mary, mother of Jesus
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Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many
Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church
…and venerative Marian practices among Catholics than in other Western Christian traditions. The term hyperdulia indicates the special veneration due to Mary, greater than the ordinary dulia for other saints, but utterly unlike the latria due only to God. Belief in the incarnation of God the Son through Mary…
A painting of Mary from the 1600s by Murillo
Virgin and Child with angels and Sts. George and Theodore. Icon, c. 600, from Saint Catherine's Monastery.
Virgin Mary depicted by Muslim painter Hossein Nuri
The Annunciation by Eustache Le Sueur, an example of 17th century Marian art. The Angel Gabriel announces to Mary her pregnancy with Jesus and offers her white lilies.