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Lady Pucha was from the aristocratic Pucha family, and many of her direct male ancestors held prominent positions in the Jin government. Lady Pucha's father also obtained various hereditary titles and military honours on marrying Princess Zhengguo, a daughter of Emperor Xizong , as befitting an imperial son-in-law.
Peter Nolasco, O. de M. (Pere Nolasc in Catalan, Pierre Nolasque in French and Pedro Nolasco in Spanish; 1189 – 6 May 1256) was a Catholic nobleman known for founding the Royal and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy of the Redemption of the Captives (the Mercedarians) with approval by Pope Gregory IX on 17 January 1235.
Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christianity, is known by many different titles (Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady, Holy Virgin, Madonna), epithets (Star of the Sea, Queen of Heaven, Cause of Our Joy), invocations (Panagia, Mother of Mercy, God-bearer Theotokos), and several names associated with places (Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of Fátima).
Our Lady of Nazaré, a Marian icon sculpted in wood, by St. Joseph according to the legend of Nazaré; Our Lady of Peñafrancia, a wooden statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in Naga City, Bicol, Philippines; Our Lady of Perpetual Help, associated with a celebrated Byzantine icon of the same name dating from the 15th century
Its standing was further augmented in 1597, when a noble lady, Anna Hoyska, presented to the monastery her extensive lands and a miracle-working icon of the Theotokos. This image, traditionally known as Our Lady of Pochaiv , was given to Hojska by a passer-by Bulgarian bishop, and helped to cure her brother from blindness.
Around 160,000 tents, 150,000 toilets and a 776-mile (1,249-kilometer) drinking water pipeline have been installed at a temporary tent city covering 4,000 hectares, roughly the size of 7,500 ...
Our Lady of La Leche (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de La Leche y Buen Parto; "Our Lady of the Milk and Good Delivery") is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a statue of her breastfeeding the infant Jesus Christ. [1] It is said to be one of the oldest of all Marian devotions. [2]
Our Lady of Charity (Latin: Nostra Domina Charitatis) is a celebrated Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in many Catholic countries. Various namesake images are found in Cuba , France, Italy, Mexico, the Philippines , Malta, Spain and the United States of America.