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Our Lady´s chapel in Altenmarkt. Fresco illustrating the Lauretan litany "Mary, you saviour of sinners". Refugium Peccatorum (Latin for Refuge of Sinners), also known as Our Lady of Refuge, is a title for the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Catholic Church. [1] Its use goes back to Saint Germanus of Constantinople in the 8th century. [2]
On 5 May 2008, Bishop Jean-Michel de Falco Leandri, promulgated the recognition decree and announced the Holy See's recognition of the apparitions as Our Lady of Laus, Refuge of Sinners, during a Mass held at the sanctuary in the presence of the Apostolic Nuncio in France Fortunato Baldelli, several cardinals, and many bishops.
Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners is a Roman Catholic church in Rathmines, Dublin built in 1854 in the "Greek style". [2] The church was originally designed by Patrick Byrne and later extended by William Henry Byrne who added a portico and pediment.
St. Mary - Refuge of Sinners and Star of the Sea 1515 Glasgow St, Cambridge: St. Mary Refuge founded in 1840s, church dedicated in 1974. St. Mary Star founded in 1760, church dedicated in 1872 [32] Ss. Peter and Paul 7906 Ocean Gateway, Easton: Founded in 1860s, church dedicated in 2005 [33] Three manual Rodgers Pipe organ
It is a prayer of consecration to the Immaculata, i.e. the immaculately conceived Virgin Mary. The consecration prayer is as follows: O Immaculata, Queen of Heaven and earth, refuge of sinners and our most loving Mother, God has willed to entrust the entire order of mercy to you.
Roman Catholic views of the Virgin Mary as refuge and advocate of sinners, protector from dangers and powerful intercessor with her Son, Jesus are expressed in prayers, artistic depictions, theology, and popular and devotional writings, as well as in the use of religious articles and images.
The 18th century Blessed Antonio Baldinucci developed a particular devotion to the Refugium Peccatorum (Refuge of Sinners) image of Virgin Mary in the church, which has been considered miraculous. The Jesuits spread copies of the image to Mexico by the 19th century and it began to be depicted in missions there.
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).