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Our Lady of Aparecida ("Our Lady, the Appeared"), (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora Aparecida or Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida) is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with the Immaculate Conception. Her image, a clay statue, is widely venerated by Brazilian Catholics, who consider her as the principal patroness of Brazil. [1]
"Nossa Senhora Aparecida" roughly translates to "Our Lady Revealed". The church is the largest cathedral and the second largest Catholic church in the world by interior area, after St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. [1] As a cathedral, it is the seat of the Archdiocese of Aparecida.
Aparecida is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo. It is located in the fertile valley of the River Paraíba do Sul on the southern (right) bank. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte . [ 2 ]
An image of the Immaculate Conception statue as Our Lady of Aparecida that is venerated as national patroness in Aparecida, Brazil. The Blessed Virgin Mary is the patroness of Brazil under the localized title Our Lady of Aparecida (Our Lady of Immaculate Conception (who) Appeared). [7]
The Cathedral of Brasília, officially the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Aparecida (Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida), dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title of Our Lady of Aparecida, proclaimed by the Church as Queen and Patroness of Brazil, was designed by the architect Oscar Niemeyer and projected by the ...
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, São Paulo; Our Lady of Arabia, the patroness of the Arabian peninsula; Our Lady of Fatima, a title given to the Virgin Mary by Catholics and others who believe that she appeared to three shepherd ...
In Brazil, Our Lady of Aparecida was declared in 1929 official Patron Saint of the country by Pope Pius XI. In Argentina, there is Our Lady of Luján. In other cases, the appearance of the Virgin was reported by an indigenous person, for example, Virgen de los Ángeles in Costa Rica.
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