Our Lady

Our Lady

As a general concept, Our Lady may refer to:

It may also refer to a number of specific Marian Apparitions or icons, titles, or Marian shrines such as:

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Ancient titles

  • Our Lady of Aparecida, the patron saint of Brazil, represented by a statue of the Virgin Mary located in the Basilica of Aparecida in Aparecida in the state of São Paulo
  • Our Lady of Fatima, the title given to the Virgin Mary by Catholics and others who believe that she appeared monthly, for several months, to three shepherd children at Fátima, Portugal, in 1917
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe, a Roman Catholic icon and Mexico's most popular religious image
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe, Extremadura, the most important Marian shrine in the medieval kingdom of Castile
  • Our Lady of Knock, an apparition in at Knock-Aghamore, Éire, 1879
  • Our Lady of La Salette, who appeared in 1846 to two shepherd children in La Salette
  • Our Lady of Ljeviš, a 12th century Serbian Orthodox Church cathedral in the town of Prizren, Kosovo
  • Our Lady of Lourdes, apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary first seen in Lourdes, France on February 11, 1858
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel, who appeared to St. Simon Stock in 1251
  • Our Lady of Nazaré, a Marian icon sculpted in wood, by St. Joseph according to the legend of Nazaré
  • Our Lady of Peñafrancia
  • Our Lady of Penrhys
  • Our Lady of Providence, originated with the Barnabites in 1664
  • Our Lady of Siluva in Siluva, Lithuania, 1608 and 1646
  • Our Lady of Sinj (Gospe Sinjska), the patron saint of Sinj, Croatia; among Catholics is believed that she saved the Sinj from Ottoman invasion during Second Morean War
  • Our Lady of Trsat, an 13th-century apparition to a Croat woodcutters near Trsat Castle, Rijeka, Croatia
  • Our Lady of Vaillankanni, at Vaillankanni
  • Our Lady of Walsingham, an 11th Century apparition to a Saxon noblewoman in Norfolk.
  • Our Lady of Westminster, a 15th Century alabaster madonna venerated in Westminster Cathedral, London
  • Our Lady, Star of the Sea, a title of the Virgin Mary
  • Our Lady of Good Success, a late 16th – early 17th century apparition in Quito, Ecuador

Recent titles

  • Our Lady of All Nations
  • Our Lady of Bayside
  • Our Lady of Međugorje, who appeared to Croat children in Međugorje in western Herzegovina, in 1980

In music, it may refer to:

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See also


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  • Our Lady — Lady La dy (l[=a] d[y^]), n.; pl. {Ladies} (l[=a] d[i^]z). [OE. ladi, l[ae]fdi, AS. hl[=ae]fdige, hl[=ae]fdie; AS. hl[=a]f loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to E. dairy. See {Loaf}, and cf. {Lord}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A woman who… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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