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Our Lady (Virgin) of Montserrat (La Moreneta)
Marganell, Catalonia, Spain
High on a serrated mountain above Catalonia, the Black Madonna of Montserrat has drawn pilgrims for over a thousand years....
Black Madonna of Kaltenleutgeben
Kaltenleutgeben, Lower Austria, Austria
In this baroque church south of Vienna, a copy of the famous Altotting Black Madonna has drawn pilgrims since 1712....
Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics
Maria Stein, Ohio, United States
In rural western Ohio, surrounded by farmland and the steeples of over thirty cross-tipped churches, the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics holds one of the largest...
Black Madonna of Moulins
Moulins, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
In Moulins Cathedral, a Black Madonna holds the Christ child who blesses the world with one hand while clutching the closed book of gospels to his chest....
Our Lady of Rocamadour
Rocamadour, Lot, France
Carved into a limestone cliff above the Alzou Valley, Rocamadour has drawn pilgrims for nearly nine centuries to venerate a small, dark statue known as the Black Madonna....
Black Madonna of Langenzersdorf
Langenzersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria
Since 1708, this copy of the famous Einsiedeln Black Madonna has kept vigil in St....
Virgen of Chaguaya
Chaguaya, Tarija Department, Bolivia
In the high valleys of southern Bolivia, tens of thousands of pilgrims walk through the cold night each August to reach a small village where the Virgin Mary appeared in...
Basilica of Notre-Dame du Port
Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Built from the dark volcanic stone of Auvergne, Notre-Dame du Port stands among the finest Romanesque churches in France—one of ten major examples within thirty kilometers....
Black Madonna of Loretto Burgenland
Loretto, Burgenland, Austria
In the Austrian village that took its name from Loreto, a 1644 replica of the famous Black Madonna has outlasted the Italian original....
Black Madonna of Vichy
Vichy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
In November 1793, Revolutionary authorities in Vichy condemned a medieval Black Virgin—tried her like a traitor, sentenced her, beheaded her, and set her burning....
Black Madonna of Breznice
Capital City of Prague, Prague, Czechia
Created in 1396 for King Wenceslas IV, the Madonna of Breznice is among Europe's most explicitly intentional Black Madonnas....
Black Madonna of Naples
Naples, Campania, Italy
In a basilica at the edge of Naples' ancient market square, an icon with a dark face gazes down from above the high altar....
Church of St Jean du Grund (Black Madonna of Grund)
Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Nestled in the ancient Grund valley beneath Luxembourg's fortress walls, the Church of St Jean du Grund houses one of Europe's most evocative Black Madonnas....
Our Lady of Le Puy
Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Rising from a 132-meter volcanic spur, Notre-Dame de France dominates Le Puy-en-Velay's extraordinary skyline....
Black Virgin of the Recollects
Verviers, Liège, Belgium
In the Belgian city of Verviers, a 17th-century statue of the Virgin Mary holds a singular place in Black Madonna veneration....
Black Madonna of Maria Loretto Peninsula
Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
On a peninsula reaching into Lake Woerthersee, this 17th-century chapel replicates the Holy House of Loreto in Italy....
Black Madonna of Lavanttal
Sankt Andrä, Carinthia, Austria
In the Carinthian town of St. Andra, within a baroque basilica modeled after Italy's Holy House of Loreto, a Black Madonna has drawn pilgrims for nearly four centuries....
Our Lady of Częstochowa
Częstochowa, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
The Black Madonna of Czestochowa rests in the fortress-monastery of Jasna Gora, her dark face bearing two sword slashes that have resisted all repair....
Litmanová, Hora Zvir, Shrine of Our Lady of Litmanová
Litmanová, Region of Prešov, Slovakia
Litmanová, Hora Zvir, Shrine of Our Lady of Litmanová is a shrine of sacred significance.
Czestochowa
Częstochowa, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Czestochowa is a shrine of sacred significance.
Brezje
Radovljica, Slovenia
Brezje may refer to: Bosnia and Herzegovina Brezje, Čelić, a village Brezje (Goražde), a village Brezje (Rogatica), a village in Republika Srpska Brezje (Višegrad), a...
Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine
Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada
On Mohawk Territory beside the Saint Lawrence River, a small stone church holds the tomb of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Mohawk-Algonquin woman canonized in 2012 as the first...
Ladyewell Marian Shrine, Fernyhalgh, England
Preston, England, United Kingdom
Ladyewell Marian Shrine, Fernyhalgh, England is a shrine of sacred significance.
Drogheda
County Louth, The Borough District of Drogheda, Ireland
Drogheda ( DRO-həd-ə, DRAW-də; Irish: Droichead Átha [ˈd̪ˠɾˠɛhəd̪ˠ ˈaːhə], meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast...
Our Lady of Walcourt
Walcourt, Namur, Belgium
Black Madonna shrine known for Saved from fire by flying to tree (1220), miraculous properties, one of oldest Marian statues in Western Christianity (957-1020)
Notre-Dame de Bon-Espoir
Dijon, Bourgogne – Franche-Comté, France
In a Gothic church praised by Viollet-le-Duc as a masterpiece of reason, one of France's oldest Marian statues holds court....
La Vierge Noire d'Outremeuse
Liège, Liège, Belgium
Black Madonna shrine known for Healing miracles, protection of the district, venerated for centuries
Black Virgin of Taganrog
Taganrog City District, Rostov Oblast, Russia
Black Madonna shrine known for Cemetery chapel icon, local veneration
Black Madonna of Bologna
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for San Luca Madonna, famous procession tradition
Black Madonna of St. Servatius
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Black Madonna shrine known for Star of the Sea (Stella Maris), ancient devotion
Chapel of Soyartze
Uhart-Mixe, France
Crowning a hill at about 286 metres above Uhart-Mixe, this small open chapel is a Marian sanctuary descended from a twelfth-century Premonstratensian foundation....
Our Lady the Black Virgin of Hal
Diegem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
The Black Virgin of Hal is a small thirteenth-century walnut statue of the Virgin and Child kept on the high altar of the Brabantine Gothic basilica of Saint Martin in...
Madonna of Montenero
Portoferraio, Tuscany, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Miraculous interventions, escape from captivity, healing miracles, numerous ex-votos
Black Madonna of Oropa
Biella, Piedmont, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Fertility and healing miracles, statue becomes supernaturally heavy when moved, largest Marian shrine in Alps, crowned by Popes
Black Madonna of Vaals
Holset, Limburg, Netherlands
Black Madonna shrine known for Border pilgrimage site, healing shrine
Madonna dei Miracoli
Chianni, Tuscany, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Weeping blood miracle (1494), healing sick, protection of city
Notre-Dame de Confession (Our Lady of Confession)
Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
In the crypt of Marseille's oldest sanctuary, a Black Madonna waits in the half-darkness....
Black Madonna of Regensburg
Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
Black Madonna shrine known for Alte Kapelle (Old Chapel) Madonna, royal devotion
De Zwerte Lieve Vrouwe
Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
Black Madonna shrine known for Saved Brussels from attackers (1580), intercepted cannonballs, miracle-working
Black Madonna of Dublin
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
In Dublin's Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church, a life-sized oak Madonna stands near the high altar, her original gold and blue paint stripped away by centuries....
Nossa Senhora Aparecida
Aparecida, São Paulo, Brazil
Our Lady Aparecida ("Our Lady, the Appeared"), (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora Aparecida or Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida) is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary...
Black Madonna of Rome
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Various Black Madonna shrines including Santa Maria Maggiore
Madonna in the Garland
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Black Madonna shrine known for Medieval pilgrimage site, healing miracles, protection of city
Madonna of Crea
Castellazzo, Piedmont, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Brought by St. Eusebius from Holy Land, UNESCO Sacro Monte, healing miracles
Assumption of Virgin Mary
Brno, South Moravian Region, Czechia
Black Madonna shrine known for Miraculous interventions, healing prayers
Madonna di Loreto
Loreto, Ancona, Italia
Within the Holy House of Loreto stands a statue of the Madonna carved from Lebanese cedar, her face and hands dark....
Our Lady of Chipiona
Chipiona, Andalusia, Spain
Where the Guadalquivir River meets the Atlantic, a dark-skinned Virgin has watched over sailors, prisoners, and pilgrims for seven centuries....
Our Lady of Loretto
Głogówek, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
The Basilica della Santa Casa (English: Basilica of the Holy House) is a Marian shrine in Loreto, in the Marches, Italy....
Black Madonna of Munich
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Black Madonna shrine known for Patrona Bavariae, Marian Column protection
Our Lady of Guadalupe (La Morenita)
Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Black Madonna shrine known for Miraculous apparitions to Juan Diego (1531), tilma image, healing miracles, patroness of Mexico and the Americas
Madonna of Tindari (Madonna Nera)
Patti, Sicily, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Miraculous healing powers, lagoon creation miracle, protection and blessings, pilgrimage site
Black Madonna of Prešov
Prešov, Region of Prešov, Slovakia
Black Madonna shrine known for Baroque Black Madonna of Loreto, Greek Catholic Cathedral
Santa Casa di Loreto
Loreto, Ancona, Italia
At the center of Loreto's basilica, enclosed within Bramante's marble screen, stand three rough stone walls....
Mother of God of Kazan
Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
Black Madonna shrine known for Miraculous recovery after fire (1579), protection in battles, inspired army at Borodino, numerous healing miracles
Black Madonna of Assisi
Assisi, Umbria, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Franciscan devotion, pilgrimage site
Black Madonna of Sevilla
Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Black Madonna shrine known for Multiple Black Madonna shrines, La Macarena tradition
Our Lady of Loreto
Pesaro, Marche, Italy
Loreto preserves what Catholic tradition holds to be the actual house of the Holy Family from Nazareth — the room where the Annunciation took place and where Jesus spent...
Santuario di Vicoforte
Vicoforte, Piedmont, Italy
The Santuario di Vicoforte (also known as Santuario Regina Montis Regalis) is a monumental church located in the commune of Vicoforte, province of Cuneo, Piedmont,...
Black Madonna of Palermo
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Various Black Madonnas in Sicilian tradition
Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Eureka, MO)
Eureka, Missouri, United States
Hidden on a wooded hillside in the Missouri Ozarks, the Black Madonna Shrine is the life's work of Brother Bronislaus Luszcz, a Polish Franciscan who spent 23 years...
Black Madonna of Perugia
Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Medieval devotion, regional pilgrimage
Our Lady of Atocha
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Steps from one of Europe's busiest train stations, the Real Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Atocha shelters Madrid's oldest Marian image, a 13th-century wooden figure to...
Black Madonna of Bari
Bari, Apulia, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Madonna Odegitria, Byzantine tradition
Our Lady of Nazaré
Nazaré, Leiria District, Portugal
Black Madonna shrine known for Saved knight from falling off cliff (legend), protection of fishermen and sailors, healing miracles
Black Madonna of Covadonga
Cangas de Onís, Asturias, Spain
Black Madonna shrine known for La Santina, patroness of Asturias, Reconquista symbol, healing
Our Lady of Altötting
Altötting, Bavaria, Germany
Altötting's tiny octagonal Chapel of Grace houses one of Europe's most venerated Black Madonnas — a small dark lindenwood statue carved in the early fourteenth century....
Our Lady of Vladimir
Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast, Russia
The Virgin of Vladimir, also known as Vladimir Mother of God, Our Lady of Vladimir (Russian: Владимирская икона Божией Матери), is a 12th-century Byzantine icon depicting.....
Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
Above the only surviving gate of Vilnius's medieval walls, a seventeenth-century icon of the Virgin Mary draws Catholic, Orthodox, and Greek Catholic faithful into a...
Madonna of Trapani
Trapani, Sicily, Italy
The Basilica-Sanctuary of Maria Santissima Annunziata (also called "Madonna of Trapani") is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to Our Lady of Mount...
Notre-Dame de la Sarte
Huy, Liège, Belgium
Black Madonna shrine known for Miracle of immovability (1621), drought-ending miracle (1656), seven-year procession tradition
Madonna of Bonaria
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Washed ashore in storm, patroness of sailors, healing miracles
Our Lady of Czestochowa (Camden Town)
London, England, United Kingdom
Black Madonna shrine known for Belgian connection, historic devotion from Halle, England
Black Madonna of Daurade
Toulouse, Occitania, France
Notre-Dame la Noire—Our Lady the Black One—has protected mothers in childbirth since at least the tenth century....
Our Lady of the Oak
Veldhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Black Madonna shrine known for Found in oak tree (1263), miracle-working, tree kept in church
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Laghet
La Trinité, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
High in the hills between Nice and Monaco, the Sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Laghet has drawn pilgrims since 1652, when spontaneous healings began occurring at a humble...
Sanctuary of Our Lady of the End of the Bridge – Refuge of the Mother and Child of Pau
France
In Pau, this neo-Gothic church gathers a Béarnais Marian devotion documented since the sixteenth century — Our Lady at the end of the bridge, invoked for safe crossing and...
Madonna dei Miracoli
Saronno, Lombardy, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Weeping Madonna, healing of plague victims, miraculous cures
Black Madonna of Florence
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Multiple Black Madonna artworks in churches
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Guadalupe, Extremadura, Spain
The Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe in the Sierra de las Villuercas is a UNESCO World Heritage site (1993, ref 665) and one of Spain's most consequential...
Theotokos of St. Theodore
Kostroma, Kostroma Oblast, Russia
The Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God (Russian: Феодоровская икона Божией Матери), also known as Our Lady of Saint Theodore and the Black Virgin Mary of Russia, is...
Notre-Dame de Sous-Terre (Our Lady Under the Earth)
Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Beneath the soaring Gothic nave of Chartres Cathedral lies its oldest and most mysterious space: the crypt where Notre-Dame de Sous-Terre—Our Lady Under the Earth—has been...
Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Crowning the hill that was the cradle of Roman Lyon, Notre-Dame de Fourvière is the Marian heart of the city — built by public subscription in thanksgiving for deliverance...
Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel
Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Black Madonna shrine known for Miraculous oak tree shrine, healing miracles, major Belgian pilgrimage site
Black Madonna of Esch-sur-Sûre
Bourscheid, Diekirch, Luxembourg
Black Madonna shrine known for Medieval pilgrimage site, protection of town
Our Lady of Flanders
Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium
The Cathedral of Our Lady (French: Notre-Dame de Tournai; Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Doornik), or Tournai Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, see of the Diocese of.....
Our Lady of the Grotto
Rabat, Northern Region, Malta
Black Madonna shrine known for Apparition in cave (1400), miraculous healing, Maltese national devotion
Black Madonna of Pontoise
Pontoise, Metropolitan France, France
The Miraculous Virgin of Pontoise stands over two meters tall, fine and slender, carved in the thirteenth century....
Black Madonna of Jasna Góra (copy)
Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel
Black Madonna shrine known for Replica in Abbey of Dormition, Polish pilgrimage site
Church of the Black Madonna
Letnicë, Gjilan District, Kosovo
Black Madonna shrine known for Feast of Assumption pilgrimage, healing miracles, inter-ethnic pilgrimage site
Mamma Schiavona
Mercogliano, Campania, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for LGBTQ+ pilgrimage tradition, saved gay couple from death (1256 legend), miracle-working
Our Lady of Handel
Handel, North Brabant, Netherlands
Black Madonna shrine known for Black Madonna leitmotifs, Dutch pilgrimage tradition
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