Christianity

Basilica of Our Lady of Lichen, Poland

Licheń Stary, Licheń Stary, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń is a documented sanctuary in Licheń Stary, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes in Brestanica

Brestanica, Brestanica, Krško Municipality / Posavje, Slovenia

Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes in Brestanica is a documented basilica in Brestanica, Slovenia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Basilica of Our Lady of Marceille

Limoux, Aude, France

On a hilltop outside Limoux, a Gothic basilica guards one of France's most poignant Black Madonnas....

Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Naples, Naples, Italy

Rising above the ancient Piazza del Mercato, the Basilica of Santa Maria del Carmine Maggiore holds the Madonna Bruna, an icon traditionally attributed to Saint Luke that...

Basilica of Our Lady of Ocotlan

Otatitlán, Tlaxcala, Mexico

In 1541, as smallpox killed ninety percent of Tlaxcala's population, a young indigenous convert named Juan Diego Bernardino encountered the Virgin in a pine grove....

Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom, Ernakulam, Kerala

Ernakulam, Kerala, India

On Vallarpadam Island in the Kochi backwaters stands one of India's foremost Marian shrines, dedicated to Our Lady of Ransom — Vallarpadathamma to her devotees....

Basilica of Our Lady of Remedies, Naucalpan de Juarez

Naucalpan de Juárez, Mexico, Mexico

On the night of La Noche Triste in 1520, when Cortes's forces fled Tenochtitlan in defeat, a soldier named Villafuerte concealed a 27-centimeter Virgin among the magueys...

Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle, San Juan, Texas

San Juan, Texas, United States

In the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, over one million pilgrims journey each year to venerate a small statue of the Virgin Mary that survived a devastating 1970 plane...

Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel, Scherpenheuvel

Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium

Belgium's foremost pilgrimage site rises on a hill once sacred to druids, where a miraculous statue of the Virgin Mary draws nearly a million pilgrims each year....

Basilica of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows

Šaštín-Stráže, Šaštín-Stráže, Trnava Region, Slovakia

Basilica of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows is a documented basilica in Šaštín-Stráže, Slovakia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Basilica of Our Lady of Suyapa

Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras

The modern basilica provides the large-scale liturgical setting for devotion to Our Lady of Suyapa....

Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá

Boyacá, Boyacá, Colombia

The Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá holds the painting of Colombia's patroness: a cotton canvas image of the Virgin Mary that deteriorated beyond...

Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, Guadalajara

Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico

On October 12, more than three million people accompany a 34-centimeter corn paste statue through the streets of Guadalajara....

Basilica of Our Lady, Maastricht

Maastricht, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

Basilica of Our Lady, Maastricht is a documented church in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Basilica of Saint Martin, Tours

Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France

A Neo-Byzantine basilica raised over the crypt of Saint Martin of Tours, whose act of cutting his cloak in half for a freezing beggar became the founding image of Western...

Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome, Italy

Rome, Rome, Italy

Santa Maria Maggiore stands as the largest and oldest Marian sanctuary in the Western world....

Basilica of Saint Michael the Archangel, Marijampole

Marijampolė, Marijampolė, Lithuania

Marijampolė — Mary's City — grew around a monastery built by the last surviving Marian Fathers in the Russian Empire....

Basilica of Saint Servatius, Maastricht

Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

The basilica is the supported identity behind an imported “Black Madonna of St. Servatius” record that conflated separate Maastricht devotions....

Basilica of Saint Teresa, Alba de Tormes

Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain

In the center of Alba de Tormes, two adjoining buildings tell one story split across three centuries....

Basilica of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Velehrad, Czech Republic

Velehrad, Velehrad, Zlín Region, Czechia

Velehrad Basilica and Monastery is a documented monastery in Velehrad, Zlín Region, Czechia, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus

Part of Carcassonne

Carcassonne, Aude, France

Within the fortified citadel of Carcassonne stands a basilica blessed by a pope who preached the Crusades....

Basilica of San Isidoro

León, León, Spain

On the edge of León's old town, this Romanesque church holds the relics of Saint Isidore of Seville alongside the tombs of eleven kings and twelve queens of León....

Basilica of San Vicente, Ávila

Ávila, Ávila, Spain

Just outside Ávila's medieval walls, the Basilica of San Vicente rises over the traditional site where three sibling martyrs, Vicente, Sabina, and Cristeta, were killed...

Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna

Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna is a consecrated basilica and protected early Christian monument in Ravenna, Italy....

Basilica of San Zeno, Verona

Verona, Veneto, Italy

Basilica of San Zeno, Verona is a living basilica centered on the tomb and cult of Saint Zeno in Verona, Italy....

Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Vercelli

Vercelli, Vercelli, Italy

Sant'Andrea in Vercelli is a living Catholic basilica founded by Cardinal Guala Bicchieri beside a medieval pilgrim hospital....

Basilica of Santa Cristina, Bolsena

Bolsena, Viterbo, Italy

Santa Cristina in Bolsena is an active Catholic basilica and longstanding Via Francigena pilgrimage church....

Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

A soaring Catalan Gothic basilica in Barcelona's Born district, built between 1329 and 1384 not by nobility but by the sailors, fishermen, and bastaixos dockworkers of the...

Basilica of Santa María, Elche

Elche, Alicante, Spain

The Basilica of Santa María in Elche, southeastern Spain, is the home of the Misteri d'Elx — a fully sung medieval liturgical drama on the Assumption of the Virgin,...

Basilica of St Egidius

Bardejov, Bardejov, Prešov Region, Slovakia

Basilica of St Egidius is a documented basilica in Bardejov, Slovakia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Basilica of St Nicholas Trnava

Trnava, Trnava, Trnava Region, Slovakia

Basilica of St Nicholas Trnava is a documented basilica in Trnava, Slovakia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Basilica of St Procopius in Třebíč

Třebíč, Třebíč, Vysočina Region, Czechia

Basilica of St Procopius in Třebíč is a documented church in Třebíč, Vysočina Region, Czechia, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Basilica of St Wenceslas, Stará Boleslav

Stará Boleslav, Stará Boleslav, Central Bohemian Region, Czechia

Basilica of St Wenceslas, Stará Boleslav is a documented church in Stará Boleslav, Central Bohemian Region, Czechia, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Basilica of St. Anne, Gora Swietej Anny, Poland

Góra Świętej Anny, Góra Świętej Anny, Opole Voivodeship, Poland

Sanctuary of St Anne on Góra Świętej Anny is a documented sanctuary in Góra Świętej Anny, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Basilica of St. Lawrence and St. Zdislava, Jablonné v Podještědí, Czech Republic

Jablonné v Podještědí, Jablonné v Podještědí, Liberec Region, Czechia

Basilica of St Lawrence and St Zdislava is a documented church in Jablonné v Podještědí, Liberec Region, Czechia, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Basilica of St. Lawrence Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy

Rome, Rome, Italy

San Lorenzo fuori le Mura marks the tomb of Saint Lawrence, the deacon who named the poor as the Church's true treasure and faced death with legendary courage....

Basilica of St. Mary of Minerva, Rome, Italy

Rome, Rome, Italy

Santa Maria sopra Minerva rises above ancient temple foundations, one block from the Pantheon....

Basilica of St. Nicholas, Bari, Italy

Bari, Bari, Italy

In Bari's old town, a white limestone basilica holds the relics of the saint who became Santa Claus....

Basilica of St. Sebastian Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy

Rome, Rome, Italy

San Sebastiano fuori le Mura stands on the ancient Appian Way, above the catacombs that gave all Christian underground cemeteries their name....

Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Krekenava

Krekenava, Panevėžys District, Lithuania

In the heart of Aukštaitija, the neo-Gothic basilica of Krekenava shelters a painting of the Mother of God that has drawn pilgrims for nearly five centuries....

Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, Bad Staffelstein, Germany

Bad Staffelstein, Bavaria, Germany

The Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers stands on a hill above the Main valley in Upper Franconia, on the site where a fifteenth-century shepherd reported visions of the...

Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Rome, Italy

Rome, Rome, Italy

Santa Croce in Gerusalemme does not merely honor the Holy Cross—it claims to stand on Jerusalem itself....

Basilica of the Holy Sacrament, Meerssen

Meerssen, Meerssen, Limburg, Netherlands

Basilica of the Holy Sacrament, Meerssen is a documented church in Meerssen, Limburg, Netherlands, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Miechów

Miechów, Miechów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Miechów is a documented church in Miechów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

In downtown Baltimore stands the Mother Church of Roman Catholicism in the United States, the first cathedral built in the new nation after its founding....

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, District of Columbia, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower is a living Carmelite parish, minor basilica, national shrine, and relic sanctuary in San Antonio, United States....

Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Siluva

Šiluva, Raseiniai, Lithuania

The Basilica of the Nativity holds the crowned miraculous painting of Our Lady of Šiluva — called 'Lithuania's greatest treasure.' Brought from Rome in 1457, lost during...