Our Lady of Aparecida
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Our Lady of Aparecida is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with the Immaculate Conception. She is widely venerated by Brazilian Catholics who consider her the principal patroness of Brazil. Her image is a dark clay statue originally found by three fishermen who miraculously caught many fish after invoking the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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When
- First attested
- 1717 CE
- Attested period
- 1717 – 2020
- Historical notes
- The statue was found by fishermen and granted canonical coronation in 1904; declared Patroness of Brazil in 1930; feast day October 12.
Relationships
- aspect of
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- co occurs with
- Our Lady of Luján, Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá, Our Lady of Coromoto, Virgin of Copacabana, Our Lady of Carmel of the Maipú, Our Lady of the Presentation of El Quinche, Our Lady of the Miracles of Caacupé, The Virgin of the Thirty Three, Immaculate Conception, Rose of Lima, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Our Lady of Suyapa, the Immaculate Conception, Saint Benedict the Moor, Peter Claver, Virgen de Copacabana, Virgen de los Ángeles, Virgin of Altagracia, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, Our Lady of America, St. John the Baptist, Our Lady of the Pillar, St. Juan Diego, Virgen de la Antigua, Our Lady of Caacupé, Lord of Miracles, Our Lady of Providence, Our Lady of Peace, Virgin of the Thirty-Three, José Gregorio Hernández, Our Lady of Mercy, Our Lady of Charity, Saint Dominic, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- syncretized with
- Virgin Mary
- allied with
- Saint Peter of Alcantara
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The image became the source of religious conflicts between Catholics and Protestants...due to the nature of Catholic Marian devotion associated with the religious image.”
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“Brazil - Our Lady of Aparecida”
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“Brazilians: Our Lady of Aparecida.”
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