Madonna

deity single tradition · 2

The Madonna is an image that was moved to Montserrat in 718 to avoid danger from invading Saracens. The Benedictine monks could not move the statue to construct their monastery, so they built around it. The statue's sanctuary is located at the rear of the chapel, where an altar of gold surrounds the icon.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
718 CE
Attested period
718 – 2020
Historical notes
Image moved to Montserrat in 718.

Relationships

co occurs with
Venus

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Sources

Source passages

“the image of the Madonna was moved to Montserrat in 718, to avoid the danger posed by invading Saracens.”

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“By one account, the image of the Madonna was moved to Montserrat in 718, to avoid the danger posed by invading Saracens.”

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