Mary is a saint of the Catholic Church. Mary's feast day is celebrated on 15 August (Assumption/Dormition); 1 January (Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God); 8 September (Nativity of Mary); 8 December (Immaculate Conception); 25 March (Annunciation); 31 May (Visitation); 2 February (Purification/Presentation of the Lord); 21 November (Presentation of Mary). Mary is the patron saint of mothers;expectant mothers;virgins;families;the Catholic Church;sailors (Stella Maris);the United States;France;Poland;Portugal;Spain;Mexico;the Philippines;Brazil;Argentina;Chile;Paraguay;Costa Rica;Hungary;Ireland;Slovenia;Lithuania;Luxembourg;Malta;Australia;the Americas.
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Mary
Saint- Feast Day
- 15 August (Assumption/Dormition); 1 January (Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God); 8 September (Nativity of Mary); 8 December (Immaculate Conception); 25 March (Annunciation); 31 May (Visitation); 2 February (Purification/Presentation of the Lord); 21 November (Presentation of Mary)
- Gender
- female
- Church
- Catholic
Places
Sacred Places
Aachen Cathedral
Cathedral · Germany
Abbey of St Maria del Monte
Minor Basilica · Italy
Acireale Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Ajaccio Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Alghero Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Alife Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Almudena Cathedral
Cathedral · Madrid city, Spain
Anagni Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Andria Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Annunciation Cathedral, Pavlodar
Cathedral · Kazakhstan
Antibes Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Arlesheim Cathedral
Catholic Cathedral · Switzerland
Arras Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Arundel Cathedral
Cathedral · Arundel, United Kingdom
Ascoli Satriano Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Assumption Cathedral, Kingstown
Cathedral · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Assumption of Mary Cathedral, Baia Mare
Cathedral · Baia Mare, Romania
Assumption of Mary Church, Koper
Cathedral · Koper, Slovenia
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral, Kathmandu
Catholic Cathedral · Nepal
Asti Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Astorga Cathedral
Cathedral · Astorga, Spain
Atri Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Auch Cathedral
Minor Basilica · France
Augsburg Cathedral
Catholic Cathedral · Germany
Avignon Cathedral
Minor Basilica · France
Banchette Sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Barbastro Cathedral
Cathedral · Spain
Barletta Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica and Royal Shrine of Our Lady of Cabeza
Marian Shrine · Spain
Basílica Catedral Metropolitana Santa María de la Encarnación
Minor Basilica · Dominican Republic
Basilica Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
Catholic Cathedral · Poland
basilica co-cathedral di Santa Maria della Pace
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basílica de la Virgen de la Encina de Ponferrada
Minor Basilica · Spain
Basilica della Collegiata
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica della Nostra Signora
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato
Basilica · Italy
Basilica del Sacro Monte di Viggiano
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basílica de Nuestra Señora de las Misericordias, Apizaco
Basilica · Mexico
basilica di Santa Maria dei Servi
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica di Santa Maria di Campagna
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica di santa Maria in Valvendra
Basilica · Italy
basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Marian Shrine · Monti, Italy
Basilica minor of Val Dieu
Basilica · Val-Dieu, Belgium
Basilica of Candelaria
Marian Shrine · Tenerife, Spain
Basilica of Notre-Dame-d'Afrique
Minor Basilica · Algeria
Basilica of Notre-Dame d'Alençon
Minor Basilica · France
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Minor Basilica · France
Basilica of Notre-Dame du Port
Minor Basilica · France
Basilica of Our Lady
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica of Our Lady
Minor Basilica · Binnenstad, Netherlands
Basilica of Our Lady and Saint Anthony of Mafra
Basilica · Portugal
Basilica of Our Lady, Cléry
Minor Basilica · France
Basilica of Our Lady of Humility
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang
Minor Basilica · Vietnam
Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro
Minor Basilica · Ivory Coast
Basilica of Our Lady of the Martyrs
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica of Our Lady of the Pine Tree
Minor Basilica · Spain
Basilica of Our Lady of the Snow
Minor Basilica · Ponticelli, Italy
Basilica of Our Lady of Tongre
Minor Basilica · Tongre-Notre-Dame, Belgium
Basilica of Our Mother of Mercy
Minor Basilica · Maribor, Slovenia
Basilica of Saint Mary of the Chorus
Minor Basilica · Spain
Basilica of Santa Maria a Pugliano
Basilica · Italy
Basilica of Santa María la Mayor
Minor Basilica · Spain
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore di Siponto
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
Minor Basilica · Historic Centre of Florence, Italy
Basilica of St. Mary
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica of St. Mary
Minor Basilica · United States
Basilica of St. Mary Major
Minor Basilica · Q127213659, Italy
Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima
Marian Shrine · United States
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Pilgrimage Site · United States
Basilica of the Sanctuary of Maria Santissima dei Lattani
Basilica · santuario di Maria Santissima del Lattani, Italy
basilica Pontificia di Santa Maria de Gulia
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica Sanctuary of Santa Maria de Finibus Terrae
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica Shrine of St. Mary of the Assumption
Minor Basilica · Italy
Basilica Shrine of the Black Madonna
Minor Basilica · Oropa, Italy
Basilica Virgin Mary Křtiny
Pilgrimage Site · Czech Republic
Basiliek van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Tenhemelopneming
Minor Basilica · Zwolle, Netherlands
Basilique Notre-Dame de Chèvremont
Minor Basilica · Vaux-sous-Chèvremont, Belgium
Basilique Notre-Dame de la Délivrande
Minor Basilica · France
Basilique Notre-Dame du Folgoët
Minor Basilica · France
Bastia Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Bayeux Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Bayonne Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Beata Vergine dei Campiveri
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Beata Vergine del Castello
Minor Basilica · Italy
Beata Vergine della Crocetta sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Castello di Godego, Italy
Beata Vergine delle Cendrole sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Cendrole, Italy
Beata Vergine Maria di San Giovanni
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Benevento Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Black Church
Cathedral · Brașov, Romania
Bolzano Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Bosa Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Bourg-en-Bresse Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Braga Cathedral
Catholic Cathedral · Freguesia da Sé, Portugal
Burgo de Osma Cathedral
Cathedral · El Burgo de Osma, Spain
Burgos Cathedral
Cathedral · Burgos, Spain
Caltanissetta Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Cambrai Cathedral
Minor Basilica · France
Camerino Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Capua Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Castelló Cathedral
Cathedral · Spain
Catedral de Ibagué
Catholic Cathedral · Colombia
Catedral de Mondoñedo
Minor Basilica · Spain
Catedral de Nossa Senhora das Vitórias
Cathedral · Brazil
Catedral de Santa María de la Asunción de Coria
Cathedral · Spain
Catedral de Santa María de Tuy
Cathedral · Spain
Catedral Militar Rainha da Paz
Catholic Cathedral · Brazil
Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Cathedral Basilica Minor of Our Lady of Light, Curitiba
Minor Basilica · Brazil
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Miracles, Caacupé
Minor Basilica · Paraguay
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption
Minor Basilica · Italy
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption, Aguascalientes
Cathedral · Mexico
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar
Minor Basilica · Brazil
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Snows, João Pessoa
Basilica · Brazil
Cathedral Basilica of St. Mary
Cathedral · Oradea, Romania
Cathedral Basilica of St. Mary and St. Juvenal
Minor Basilica · Italy
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Minor Basilica · Belarus
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
Minor Basilica · United States
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Castries
Minor Basilica · Saint Lucia
Cathedral Church of St Marie
Cathedral · Sheffield city centre, United Kingdom
cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde de Port-Saïd
Cathedral · Egypt
Cathédrale Notre-Dame
Catholic Cathedral · Central African Republic
cathédrale Notre-Dame du Lac Togo, Togoville
Cathedral · Togo
cathédrale Notre-Dame-en-Cité d'Arras
Cathedral · France
Cathedral of Ani
Cathedral · Turkey
Cathedral of Brasília
Cathedral · Brazil
cathedral of Carini
Cathedral · Italy
Cathedral of Ciudad Real
Minor Basilica · Spain
Cathedral of Faro
Cathedral · Freguesia da Sé, Portugal
Cathedral of Grottaferrata
Cathedral · Italy
Cathedral of Hajdúdorog
Cathedral · Hungary
Cathedral of La Laguna
Cathedral · Spain
Cathedral of La Plata
Cathedral · Argentina
Cathedral of Mary Immaculate, Chimoio
Cathedral · Mozambique
Cathedral of Mary, Mother of the Church
Cathedral · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cathedral of Mary Our Queen
Catholic Cathedral · United States
Cathedral of Minorca
Minor Basilica · Spain
Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia
Catholic Cathedral · Bahrain
Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, Menongue
Cathedral · Angola
Cathedral of Our Lady of Nahuel Huapi
Cathedral · Argentina
Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace
Cathedral · Syria
Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg
Catholic Cathedral · France
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Cathedral · Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Malange
Cathedral · Angola
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral · Mozambique
Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa
Cathedral · Syria
Cathedral of Our Lady Queen of the World, Cabinda
Cathedral · Angola
Cathedral of Our Mother of Reliefs, Aleppo
Cathedral · Syria
Cathedral of Saint Mary
Cathedral · United States
Cathedral of Saint Mary of Jerusalem
Cathedral · Spain
Cathedral of Santa María de Vitoria
Minor Basilica · Spain
Cathedral of Santa Maria d'Urgell
Minor Basilica · Q9061020, Spain
Cathedral of Santa María of Calahorra
Cathedral · Spain
Cathedral of Sezze
Minor Basilica · Italy
cathedral of St. Mary
Cathedral · Italy
Cathedral of St. Mary
Cathedral · United States
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral · Canada
Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned
Cathedral · United Kingdom
Cathedral of the Annunciation
Cathedral · Croatia
Cathedral of the Assumption, Majuro
Cathedral · Marshall Islands
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kharkiv
Cathedral · Ukraine
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Varaždin
Cathedral · Croatia
Cathedral of the Conception of Our Lady
Cathedral · Angola
Cathedral of the Consolata (Tehran)
Cathedral · Iran
Cathedral of the Holy Name of Saint Virgin Mary
Minor Basilica · Belarus
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral · Russia
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral · People's Republic of China
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral · People's Republic of China
Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Bafang
Cathedral · Cameroon
Cathedral of the Incarnation, Encarnación
Cathedral · Paraguay
Cathedral of the Most Holy Conception
Cathedral · Chile
Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary
Cathedral · India
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cathedral · United States
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cathedral · United States
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Cathedral · Ukraine
Cathedral of the Star of the Sea
Cathedral · Argentina
Cathedral of the Virgin Mary in Helwan
Cathedral · Helwan, Egypt
Cathedral of the Visitation
Minor Basilica · Hungary
Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe
Pilgrimage Site · United States
Cattedrale dell'Annunziata
Cathedral · Italy
Cattedrale di Ceneda
Catholic Cathedral · Italy
Cattedrale di Monreale
Minor Basilica · Italy
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Cathedral · Italy
Cattedrale of Squillace
Minor Basilica · Italy
Cervia Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Chiavari Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Church of Our Lady
Cathedral · Denmark
Church of Our Lady of Remedies
Cathedral · Angola
Church of Our Lady of Trsat
Minor Basilica · Trsat, Croatia
Church of Our Lady St Mary of Glastonbury
Pilgrimage Site · Glastonbury, United Kingdom
Church of Presentation of Virgin Mary in Wadowice
Minor Basilica · Poland
Church of Santa María de Cebreiro
Pilgrimage Site · Spain
Church of Santa Maria e San Donato
Minor Basilica · Venezia-Murano-Burano, Italy
Church of the Assumption of Mary in Budslaŭ
Minor Basilica · Belarus
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bamber Bridge
Pilgrimage Site · Bamber Bridge, United Kingdom
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral · Azerbaijan
Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God
Cathedral · Armenia
Ciudad Rodrigo Cathedral of Santa María
Cathedral · Spain
Civita Castellana Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Co-cathedral
Cathedral · Policastro Bussentino, Italy
Co-Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, Basseterre
Cathedral · Saint Kitts and Nevis
Co-cathedral of Saint Mary Major of Mérida
Cathedral · Spain
Co-cathedral of Santa María de la Fuente la Mayor
Cathedral · Spain
Co-cathedral of Santa María de la Redonda
Cathedral · Spain
Co-Cathedral of St. Mary
Cathedral · Spain
Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary
Cathedral · Italy
Co-Cathedral of the Visitation of Mary
Cathedral · Italy
Collegiate Basilica of Xàtiva
Minor Basilica · Spain
Concatedral de Santa María de Vigo
Minor Basilica · Q43084750, Spain
Concattedrale della Santissima Annunziata
Minor Basilica · Italy
Concattedrale di Santa Maria Annunziata
Cathedral · Italy
Cortona Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Cotonou Cathedral
Cathedral · Benin
Coutances Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Créteil Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Croatian National Shrine of Our Lady of Marija Bistrica
Marian Shrine · Croatia
Dax Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Die Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Domkirche St. Marien
Cathedral · St. Georg, Germany
Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica
Minor Basilica · United States
Duomo di Pienza
Cathedral · Italy
Duomo Nuovo
Cathedral · Piazza del Duomo, Italy
Duomo of Nocera Umbra
Catholic Cathedral · Italy
Duomo of Sant'Agata de' Goti
Catholic Cathedral · Italy
Église Notre-Dame de La Charité-sur-Loire
Minor Basilica · France
Embrun Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Enda Mariam Coptic Cathedral
Cathedral · Eritrea
Entrevaux Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Erfurt Cathedral
Cathedral · Germany
Euphrasian Basilica
Minor Basilica · Croatia
Évreux Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Florence Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Piazza del Duomo, Italy
Former Cathedral of Our Lady of the Trinity, Lettere
Cathedral · Italy
Frauenkirche
Catholic Cathedral · Germany
Freiburg Minster
Cathedral · Germany
Fréjus Cathedral
Catholic Cathedral · France
Gap Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Girona Cathedral
Cathedral · Girona, Spain
Glandèves Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Grenoble Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Guadix Cathedral
Cathedral · Spain
Hildesheim Cathedral
Cathedral · Germany
Holy Virgin Cathedral
Cathedral · United States
Huelva Cathedral
Cathedral · Spain
Iglesia Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación
Cathedral · Spain
Iglesia Mayor Concatedral de la Encarnación
Cathedral · Spain
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Muxima
Pilgrimage Site · Angola
Igreja matriz de Viana do Castelo
Cathedral · Santa Maria Maior, Portugal
Immaculate Conception Cathedral
Cathedral · Montenegro
Immaculate Conception Cathedral
Cathedral · Grenada
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Apia
Cathedral · Samoa
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Colón
Cathedral · Panama
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Juticalpa
Cathedral · Honduras
Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral
Cathedral · Federated States of Micronesia
Jaén Cathedral
Cathedral · Spain
Kapel van Bevingen
Pilgrimage Site · Bevingen, Belgium
Knock basilica
Minor Basilica · Ireland
Koszalin Cathedral
Cathedral · Poland
Laon Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Lecce Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Le Havre Cathedral
Cathedral · France
León Cathedral
Cathedral · León, Spain
Lescar Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Lille Cathedral
Minor Basilica · France
Lincoln Cathedral
Cathedral · United Kingdom
Lisbon Cathedral
Cathedral · Freguesia da Sé, Portugal
Locri Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Lodi Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Lombez Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Lucciana Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Luçon Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Lugo Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Spain
Luni Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Madonna dei Fiori
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Madonna dei Fiori
Pilgrimage Site · Madonna dei Fiori, Italy
Madonna dei Vignoli sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Seregno, Italy
Madonna del Frassino sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Madonna del Ghisallo
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Madonna della Coltura
Minor Basilica · Italy
Madonna dell'Acqua sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Madonna dell'Altarol church
Pilgrimage Site · Poiano, Italy
Madonna della Stella sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Bagnolo Mella, Italy
Madonna del Lauro
Minor Basilica · Italy
Madonna delle Assi Sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Madonna delle Grazie
Minor Basilica · Italy
Madonna dell’Olmo Sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Madonna del Monte
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Madonna del Monte sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Madonna del Patrocinio
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Madonna del Rio
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Madonna del Sangue
Minor Basilica · Italy
Madonna del Sasso
Pilgrimage Site · Switzerland
Madonna del Sorbo
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Madonna del Terzito
Pilgrimage Site · Q4007587, Italy
Madonna di Campagna
Minor Basilica · Italy
Madonna di Gallivaggio
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Madonna di Montecastello sanctuary
Marian Shrine · Italy
Madonna di Monte Solane church
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Madonna di Oropa
Pilgrimage Site · Migiandone, Italy
Madonna di San Bernardo sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Carate Brianza, Italy
Madonna di San Martino church
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Madonna di Supina sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Madonna di Tessere sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Colmirano, Italy
Madonna di Tirano
Minor Basilica · Italy
Makokou Cathedral of Our Lady of Victories
Cathedral · Gabon
Mare de Déu de Canòlich
Marian Shrine · Andorra
Maria an der Straße, Bad Ischl
Pilgrimage Site · Austria
Maria Brettfall
Pilgrimage Site · Austria
Maria Kappel (Schmiechen)
Pilgrimage Site · Germany
Mariam Dearit
Pilgrimage Site · Keren, Eritrea
Mariamite Cathedral of Damascus
Cathedral · Syria
Maria Santissima
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Maria Santissima
Pilgrimage Site · Cortaiolo, Italy
Maria Santissima del Bosco
Marian Shrine · Italy
Mariatrost Basilica
Minor Basilica · Austria
Marienberg Abbey
Minor Basilica · Burgeis, Italy
Marie-Reine de Bururi Cathedral
Cathedral · Burundi
Marseille Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Marseille, France
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Canada
Mata Utu Cathedral
Cathedral · Mata-Utu, France
Matelica Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Matthias Church
Cathedral · Hungary
Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín
Cathedral · Colombia
Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Apparition, Cascavel
Cathedral · Brazil
Middlesbrough Cathedral
Cathedral · Coulby Newham, United Kingdom
Monastery Church Lehnin
Basilica · Kloster Lehnin, Germany
Monopoli Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Montalto Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Montauban Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Most Holy Mother of God Catholic Church (Vladivostok)
Cathedral · Russia
Motherwell Cathedral
Cathedral · Motherwell, United Kingdom
Moulins Cathedral
Minor Basilica · France
Murcia's Cathedral
Cathedral · Spain
Myeongdong Cathedral
Cathedral · South Korea
Nancy Cathedral
Minor Basilica · France
Nepi Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
New Gothic Cathedral of St. Mary
Cathedral · Spain
Nîmes Cathedral
Minor Basilica · France
Nostra Signora di Bonacattu
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Nostra Signora di Cividino
Pilgrimage Site · Cividino, Italy
Notre-Dame Basilica
Minor Basilica · Canada
Notre-Dame Basilica-Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Canada
Notre Dame Cathedral
Cathedral · Taiohae, France
Notre-Dame Cathedral
Cathedral · Luxembourg
Notre-Dame d'Amiens
Cathedral · France
Notre-Dame de Chartres
Minor Basilica · France
Notre-Dame de la Garde
Minor Basilica · France
Notre-Dame de Paris
Minor Basilica · île de la Cité, France
Notre-Dame-des-Victoires
Minor Basilica · Paris, France
Notre-Dame-en-Saint-Melaine
Cathedral · France
Noyon Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Old Cambrai Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal
Cathedral · Belgium
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk
Pilgrimage Site · Jezus-Eik, Belgium
Orange Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Oria Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Orihuela Cathedral
Cathedral · Spain
Otranto Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Ouagadougou Cathedral
Cathedral · Burkina Faso
Our Lady church
Pilgrimage Site · Kuppelwies, Italy
Our Lady of Altötting
Pilgrimage Site · Germany
Our Lady of Apparition Cathedral, Montes Claros
Cathedral · Brazil
Our Lady of Bzommar
Marian Shrine · Lebanon
Our Lady of Cardigan
Marian Shrine · United Kingdom
Our Lady of Corteza Cathedral
Catholic Cathedral · Venezuela
Our Lady of Exile Cathedral, Jundiaí
Catholic Cathedral · Praça Governador Pedro de Toledo, Brazil
Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral
Cathedral · Nampula, Mozambique
Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral, Benguela
Cathedral · Angola
Our Lady of Glory Cathedral, Valença
Catholic Cathedral · Brazil
Our Lady of Grace Cathedral
Catholic Cathedral · São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
Our Lady of Grace Cathedral
Cathedral · Cidade Velha, Brazil
Our Lady of Grace Cathedral, Setúbal
Cathedral · Freguesia de Santa Maria da Graça, Portugal
Our Lady of Heliopolis Co-Cathedral
Cathedral · Egypt
Our Lady of La Coronada
Marian Shrine · Spain
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral (Chalan Kanoa)
Cathedral · United States
Our Lady of Peace Cathedral, Bukavu
Cathedral · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Our Lady of Solitude Cathedral, Acapulco
Cathedral · Mexico
Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica, Stična
Minor Basilica · Stična, Slovenia
Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Santarém
Cathedral · Freguesia de São Salvador, Portugal
Our Lady of the Assumption Co-Cathedral, Opava
Cathedral · Czech Republic
Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral, Abaetetuba
Cathedral · Brazil
Our Lady of the Good Shepherd Cathedral, Djibouti
Cathedral · Djibouti
Our Lady of the Presentation Cathedral, Natal
Cathedral · Brazil
Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral
Cathedral · Brazil
Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Beira
Cathedral · Beira, Mozambique
Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Waitara
Cathedral · Sydney, Australia
Our Lady of the Water
Pilgrimage Site · Boelenspark, Netherlands
Our Lady of Victories Basilica
Minor Basilica · Australia
Our Lady of Victories Cathedral, Dakar
Cathedral · Dakar-Plateau, Senegal
Our Lady of Victories Cathedral, Yaoundé
Cathedral · Yaoundé, Cameroon
Our Lady of Victory Cathedral, Fukuoka
Cathedral · Japan
Our Lady of Victory Cathedral, Vitória
Cathedral · Brazil
Our Lady Queen of Iași Cathedral
Cathedral · Romania
Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral
Cathedral · Australia
Our Lady the Garden Enclosed
Marian Shrine · Warfhuizen, Netherlands
Palma Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Spain
Pamplona Cathedral
Cathedral · Pamplona city, Spain
Pantheon
Minor Basilica · Pigna, Italy
Papeete Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Pasig Cathedral
Cathedral · Philippines
Phát Diệm Cathedral
Cathedral · Vietnam
Piazza Armerina Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Pisa Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Pontifical basilica of the Holy House of Loreto
Minor Basilica · Italy
Porvoo Cathedral
Cathedral · Old Porvoo, Finland
Presentation Cathedral, Cheboksary
Cathedral · Russia
Primary Cathedral of Bogotá
Cathedral · Colombia
Primatial Basilica Metropolitan Cathedral of Gniezno
Cathedral · Poland
Pro-Cathedral of the Assumption
Cathedral · Canada
Pula Cathedral
Cathedral · Croatia
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Pilgrimage Site · Spain
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Pilgrimage Site · Spain
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Pilgrimage Site · Spain
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Pilgrimage Site · Spain
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, Willemstad
Cathedral · Curaçao
Radom Cathedral
Cathedral · Poland
Reims Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Ribe Cathedral
Cathedral · Ribe, Denmark
Rieux Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Riga Cathedral
Cathedral · Latvia
Rochester Cathedral
Cathedral · United Kingdom
Rodez Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Roman Catholic cathedral in Baia, Suceava
Cathedral · Baia, Romania
Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Light and St Osyth
Pilgrimage Site · Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Roman Catholic Church of Tonga
Cathedral · Tonga
Roseau Cathedral
Cathedral · Dominica
Rotunda of Mosta
Minor Basilica · Malta
Rouen Cathedral
Catholic Cathedral · Rouen, France
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Brazzaville
Cathedral · Republic of the Congo
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Suva
Cathedral · Fiji
S.A.I. Catedral Metropolitana de la Encarnación
Cathedral · Spain
Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica
Minor Basilica · Vietnam
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Saint-Omer Cathedral
Minor Basilica · France
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Salamanca New Cathedral
Catholic Cathedral · Spain
Salamanca Old Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Spain
Salisbury Cathedral
Cathedral · Salisbury, United Kingdom
Sanctuaire de Notre-Dame de Bétharram
Marian Shrine · France
Sanctuaire Notre-Dame-de-l'Osier
Marian Shrine · France
Sanctuary of Fátima
Marian Shrine · Cova da Iria, Portugal
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Impruneta
Minor Basilica · Italy
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Montallegro
Minor Basilica · Montallegro, Italy
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Polsi
Marian Shrine · Italy
Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Crown
Minor Basilica · Italy
Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata
Minor Basilica · Italy
Sanctuary of the Madonna del Pilastrello, Lendinara
Minor Basilica · Italy
Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca
Minor Basilica · Italy
sanctury of A Virxe das Ermidas
Pilgrimage Site · Spain
Santa Maria Assunta
Cathedral · Italy
Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Santa Maria Assunta, Orte
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, Rome
Minor Basilica · Tuscolano, Italy
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
Minor Basilica · Castro Pretorio, Italy
Santa Maria del Castello
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santa Maria della Croce Sanctuary
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria della Macchia
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santa Maria della Marina cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria della Pazienza (Naples)
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria della Quercia
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria della Rocca
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santa Maria della Salute
Minor Basilica · Dorsoduro, Italy
Santa Maria della Vittoria
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria delle Carceri
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria delle Grazie
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria dell'Elemosina
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria delle Pertiche church
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santa Maria delle Vigne
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria dell'Isola Monastery
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santa Maria del Piratello
Minor Basilica · Piratello, Italy
Santa Maria del Popolo
Minor Basilica · Campo Marzio, Italy
Santa Maria di Cubulteria
Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria di Nazareth Basilica
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria di Panisacco sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Maglio di Sopra, Italy
Santa Maria di Pozzano
Minor Basilica · Pozzano, Italy
Santa Maria di Valverde sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santa Maria Goretti
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria in Aracoeli
Minor Basilica · Campitelli, Italy
Santa Maria in Aula Regia, Comacchio
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santa Maria in Cosmedin
Minor Basilica · Ripa, Italy
Santa Maria in Domnica
Basilica · Celio, Italy
Santa Maria in Montesanto
Minor Basilica · Campo Marzio, Italy
Santa Maria in Porto Basilica
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria in Roane sanctuary
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santa Maria in Trastevere
Minor Basilica · Trastevere, Italy
Santa Maria in Via Lata
Minor Basilica · Pigna, Italy
Santa Maria Maggiore
Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria Maggiore
Cathedral · Italy
Santa Maria Maggiore
Cathedral · Italy
Santa Maria Maggiore
Minor Basilica · Città Alta, Italy
Santa Maria Maggiore church
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria Nuova
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santa Maria presso San Celso Church
Cathedral · Italy
Santa Maria Regina degli Apostoli alla Montagnola
Minor Basilica · Municipio VIII, Italy
Santa Maria Sanità
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Minor Basilica · Pigna, Italy
Santa Maria Valverde
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santander Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Spain
Santuario della Beata Vergine di Castelmonte
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santuario della Foresta
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santuario della Madonna dei Miracoli
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santuario della Madonna dei Miracoli
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santuario della Madonna del Bosco
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santuario della Madonna del Bosco, Imbersago
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santuario della Madonna del Divino Amore
Pilgrimage Site · Castel di Leva, Italy
Santuario della Madonna della Corba
Pilgrimage Site · Massa Fiscaglia, Italy
Santuario della Madonna dell'Aiuto
Minor Basilica · Italy
Santuario della Madonna della Rocca
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santuario della Madonna del Ponte
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santuario della Madonna del Transito di Canoscio
Minor Basilica · Canoscio, Italy
Santuario della Madonna di Saiano
Pilgrimage Site · Montebello, Italy
Santuario della Madonnina
Pilgrimage Site · Italy
Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Peneda
Pilgrimage Site · Portugal
santuario di Maria Santissima del Lattani
Minor Basilica · Italy
santuario di Nostra Signora della Brughiera
Pilgrimage Site · Bulliana, Italy
Santuario di Santa Maria Regina di Anglona
Minor Basilica · Anglona, Italy
Santuario Madonna del Tindari
Minor Basilica · Tindari, Italy
Santuario Maria Santissima dello Splendore
Marian Shrine · Italy
Sé de Quelimane
Cathedral · Mozambique
Sées Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Segorbe Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Spain
Segovia Cathedral
Catholic Cathedral · Spain
Senez Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Senlis Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Seville Cathedral
Cathedral · Spain
shrine Nostra Signora del Prodigio
Pilgrimage Site · Q3758575, Italy
Shrine of Nostra Signora della Guardia
Minor Basilica · Italy
Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria
Minor Basilica · Bonaria, Italy
Shrine of Our Lady of Graces
Minor Basilica · Italy
Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows
Pilgrimage Site · Pointe-Navarre, Canada
Sigüenza Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Spain
Sion Cathedral
Cathedral · Switzerland
Sisteron Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Skara Cathedral
Cathedral · Skara, Sweden
Solsona Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Spain
Southwark Cathedral
Cathedral · United Kingdom
Southwell Minster
Cathedral · United Kingdom
St. Maria Thalkirchen
Pilgrimage Site · Thalkirchen, Germany
St. Mary Cathedral Basilica
Cathedral · United States
St. Mary Church of the Holy Belt
Cathedral · Syria
St. Mary of Sakızağaç Cathedral
Cathedral · Turkey
St. Mary of the Angels Basilica
Minor Basilica · United States
St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków
Minor Basilica · Old town Market Square in Krakow, Poland
St Mary's Cathedral
Cathedral · Ireland
St Mary's Cathedral
Pilgrimage Site · Edinburgh, United Kingdom
St Mary's Cathedral
Cathedral · South Africa
St Mary's Cathedral
Cathedral · Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
St Mary's Cathedral
Cathedral · Edinburgh, United Kingdom
St Mary's Cathedral
Cathedral · Glasgow, United Kingdom
St Mary’s Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Sydney, Australia
St. Mary's Cathedral
Cathedral · Vanalinn, Estonia
St. Mary's Cathedral
Cathedral · Japan
St. Mary's Cathedral
Cathedral · Germany
St. Mary's Cathedral
Cathedral · Canada
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Cathedral · United States
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Badulla
Cathedral · Sri Lanka
St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart
Cathedral · Australia
St. Mary's Cathedral, Jammu
Cathedral · India
St. Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny
Cathedral · Ireland
St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney
Catholic Cathedral · Ireland
St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick
Cathedral · Ireland
St. Mary's Cathedral, Madurai
Cathedral · India
St Mary's Cathedral, Perth
Cathedral · Australia
St. Mary's Cathedral, Ranchi
Cathedral · India
St. Mary's Cathedral, Sandakan
Cathedral · Malaysia
St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam
Cathedral · Ireland
St. Mary's Cathedral, Winnipeg
Cathedral · Canada
St. Mary's Church, Falkland Islands
Cathedral · United Kingdom
St Mary's Greek Orthodox Church
Cathedral · United Kingdom
St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral
Cathedral · Canada
St Mary's Star of the Sea Cathedral
Cathedral · Australia
St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral Basilica
Minor Basilica · India
Sveta Gora
Minor Basilica · Sveta Gora, Slovenia
Ta' Pinu
Minor Basilica · Malta
Tarazona Cathedral
Cathedral · Spain
Tarbes Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Temple of Jesus, Love Incarnate
Cathedral · India
Termoli Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Teruel Cathedral
Cathedral · Spain
The Cathedral of Bissau
Cathedral · Guinea-Bissau
The Hidden Gem
Pilgrimage Site · Manchester, United Kingdom
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cathedral · Ethiopia
Toledo Cathedral
Cathedral · Toledo city, Spain
Tortosa Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Spain
Toulon Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Tournai Cathedral
Cathedral · Belgium
Treia Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Truro Cathedral
Cathedral · United Kingdom
Tudela Cathedral
Cathedral · Spain
Tulle Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Udine Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Vaison Cathedral
Cathedral · France
Västerås Cathedral
Cathedral · Västerås, Sweden
Venafro Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Verdun Cathedral
Minor Basilica · France
Verona Cathedral
Cathedral · Italy
Vieste Cathedral
Minor Basilica · Italy
Vilkaviškis Cathedral
Cathedral · Lithuania
Virgin of the Rosary Cathedral, Abancay
Cathedral · Abancay, Peru
Visby Cathedral
Cathedral · Visby, Sweden
Votive Church of Szeged
Cathedral · Hungary
Wallfahrtskirche
Pilgrimage Site · Q1467784, Germany
Wallfahrtskirche
Pilgrimage Site · Germany
Wallfahrtskirche Birnau am Bodensee
Minor Basilica · Germany
Werner Cathedral
Cathedral · Grande Île, Strasbourg, France
Worcester Cathedral
Cathedral · Worcester, United Kingdom
Relics & Where to Venerate
Second-class relic of Mary at Cathedral in France
Second Class
Unverified
Location unknown
However, the most well-known second-class relic that is believed to have been Mary’s is her veil, which is kept in Chartres Cathedral in France
Second-class relic of Mary at Chartres Cathedral
Second Class
Unverified
Location unknown
However, the most well-known second-class relic that is believed to have been Mary’s is her veil, which is kept in Chartres Cathedral in France
Roles & Family
Religious Information
Patronage
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Biography
Mary, called Miriam in Hebrew and Aramaic and known throughout Christian tradition as the mother of Jesus of Nazareth, was a Jewish woman of Galilee in the early first century. Virtually all that can be said of her from sources close to her lifetime derives from the New Testament. The Gospel of Luke presents the fullest portrait: a young woman of Nazareth, betrothed to Joseph, visited by the angel Gabriel and told that she would conceive a son by the Holy Spirit, a child who would be called Son of the Most High and would receive the throne of David. Luke records her consent, her journey to the hill country of Judea to visit her relative Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, and the canticle known as the Magnificat. Both Luke and Matthew place the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem of Judea; Matthew adds the visit of magi from the East, Joseph’s warning in a dream, and the family’s flight into Egypt to escape Herod, followed by a return that settled them in Nazareth. Luke describes the presentation of the infant in the Jerusalem Temple, where Simeon and Anna recognize the child, and an episode when Jesus at twelve remains behind in the Temple. The Gospel of John depicts Mary at the wedding at Cana in Galilee, where she prompts Jesus’ first public sign, and at the crucifixion, where Jesus entrusts her to the beloved disciple. Mark and the other Synoptics mention her among Jesus’ family, and Acts of the Apostles names her among those who devoted themselves to prayer in Jerusalem after the Ascension. Paul, writing earlier than the Gospels, refers only to God’s Son as “born of a woman, born under the law” (Galatians 4:4), without naming her.
No ancient source supplies a verifiable year of birth or death, a documented birthplace beyond the later association with Nazareth, or an independent non-Christian attestation. Later Christian literature filled these gaps. The Protoevangelium of James, composed in the second century, names her parents Joachim and Anne, describes her miraculous conception, her upbringing in the Jerusalem Temple, and her assignment to Joseph as an elderly guardian. These stories, together with accounts of her dormition or assumption, became foundational for liturgy and art but are not historically verifiable. Competing traditions located her last years in Jerusalem, where a tomb in the Kidron Valley near Gethsemane has been venerated since late antiquity, or at Ephesus, where a house associated with her and the apostle John is a modern pilgrimage site. The New Testament itself is silent on her death. Catholic dogma, defined by Pope Pius XII in 1950, holds that at the end of her earthly life she was assumed body and soul into heaven; Eastern Orthodox tradition speaks of her Dormition, her falling asleep, followed by translation to heaven. Neither claim is subject to ordinary historical demonstration.
Theological reflection on Mary developed rapidly. Ignatius of Antioch, in the early second century, already stressed her real motherhood and virginity in defense of Christ’s true humanity. By the Council of Ephesus in 431, the title Theotokos (God-bearer) was affirmed against Nestorius, becoming a cornerstone of Christology. The perpetual virginity of Mary was widely taught in East and West; the question whether the “brothers” of Jesus named in the Gospels were her biological children, Joseph’s children by a prior marriage, or cousins remains a point of confessional difference, with Catholic and Orthodox tradition maintaining her lifelong virginity. The Immaculate Conception, the belief that Mary was preserved from original sin from the first moment of her conception, was defined as Roman Catholic dogma by Pius IX in 1854. Titles such as Mother of the Church, Queen of Heaven, Mediatrix, and New Eve express the range of later devotion. She is the most frequently depicted figure in Christian art after Christ himself, from the catacombs through Byzantine icons of the Hodegetria and Eleusa types to Western images of the Madonna and Child, the Pietà, and countless local apparitions.
Veneration of Mary is expressed in a cycle of feasts: her nativity on 8 September, the Annunciation on 25 March, the Visitation, the Purification or Presentation of the Lord on 2 February, the Assumption or Dormition on 15 August, the Immaculate Conception on 8 December in the Latin Church, and the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God on 1 January. Apparitions claimed at Guadalupe, Lourdes, Fatima, Knock, and many other places have shaped national identities and pilgrimage. She is invoked as patron of numerous countries—including France, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Mexico, the Philippines, Brazil, Argentina, and the United States under the title of the Immaculate Conception—as well as of mothers, families, virgins, sailors under the title Stella Maris, and a host of cities, dioceses, and religious congregations. In Islam, Maryam is the only woman named in the Qur’an; Sura 19 recounts her nativity, her withdrawal, and the virgin birth of Isa, and she is held up as a model of righteousness. Historians of the first century can affirm little more than that a Galilean Jewish woman named Mary was the mother of Jesus and was remembered in the earliest churches; the vast subsequent cult, doctrine, and art constitute one of the central developments of Christian religious culture.