Our Lady
Our Lady is a deity whose portrait was offered to Xavier to impress onlookers with his eminence. The portrait was borne on a cushion as a valuable article.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 100 BCE
- Attested period
- -100 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Worship established in coastal Sri Lanka through Portuguese colonial conversion of Kannaki Amman shrines to Catholic churches.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Dainichi, kali, Narayana, Mariamman, Annamar, Vairavar, Valliyakkan, Bhuvaneshwari, Rajarajeshwari, Muruga, Josephine Bakhita, St. Gregory the Great, St. Meinrad, St. Martial, Christ, St. Peter, angels
- syncretized with
- Kannaki Amman
- manifests as
- Mary, mother of Jesus
- manifested by
- Mary, mother of Jesus
Mentioned by
Sources
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Five of them bore on cushions valuable articles, including a portrait of Our Lady and a pair of velvet slippers, not for the prince, but solemn offerings to Xavier, to impress the onlookers with his eminence.”
#1477 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“As many coastal inhabitants were under Portuguese rule converted to Catholicism, were many coastal Kannaki Amman shrines converted to churches of Our Lady (a title of Mary, mother of Jesus).”
#10699 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Someone asked her, "How are you? Today is Saturday," probably hoping that this would cheer her because Saturday is the day of the week dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus. Bakhita replied, "Yes, I am so happy: Our Lady... Our Lady!" These were her last audible words.”
#35527 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The miraculous statue of Our Lady, originally set up by St. Meinrad, and later enthroned in the little chapel erected by Eberhard, is the object of their devotion.”
#44510 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free
“The abbey was built in honour of Our Lady and St. Martial, Bishop of Limoges.”
#44515 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free