Marian Advocations of Belgium
Belgium, the Catholic heart of Flanders and Valonia, was chosen by the Virgin for two of the most moved Marian apparitions of the 20th century: the Virgin of the Golden Heart of Beauraing y la Virgen de los Pobres de Banneux, both in 1932-1933. Your national sanctuary is Red-tailed shrimps (Montaigu), and throughout the country, ancient images like the Virgen Negra de Halle, la de Hanswijk en Malinas o la Virga Jesse from Hasselt. We pick them up here in the provinces.
Marian Wonders and Anecdotes of Belgium
- Beauraing - between 1932 and 1933 the Virgin of the Golden Heart appeared 33 times to five children; recognized by the Church in 1949.
- Banners - in 1933 the "Virgin of the Poor" appeared to a girl with a healing source: "I come to alleviate suffering." Adopted in 1949.
- Red-tailed shrimps - the image that "did not allow to be removed" from the miraculous oak gave rise to the largest basilica of Belgium, with 298 gold stars in its dome.
- Virgen Negra de Halle - Gothic sculpture of the 13th century venerated as a protector against wars and invasions.
Flamenco Brabant
Our Lady of Lombeek
The advocation of Our Lady of Lombeek is venerated in the church of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Lombeek, in the homonymous town of Roosdaal, in the Flemish Brabant (Belgium).
"Our Lady of Lombeek, pray for us."
Our Lady of Lovaina
The advocation Our Lady of Lovaina is identified with the Marian image venerated in the church of St. Peter of Lovaina (Sint-Pieterskerk), in Belgium, and associated with the iconographic type of the Sedes Sapientiae or Throne of Wisdom.
"Our Lady of Lovaina, pray for us.
Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel
Virgen Negra de Halle
The Black Virgin of Halle (Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Halle) is an ancient Marian image venerated in the city of Halle, in the Flemish Brabante (Belgium), with a tradition of centuries as a protector of the town.
"Our Lady, the Black Virgin of Halle, pray for us.
Amberes
Our Lady of Hanswijk
According to tradition, devotion to Our Lady of Hanswijk dates back to a Marian image linked to the district or area of Hanswijk, on the outskirts of the historic city of Malinas, where a focus of...
"Our Lady of Hanswijk, pray for us."
Flandes Oriental
Our Lady of Oostakker- Lourdes
The devotion to Our Lady of Oostakker- Lourdes is born directly from the influence of the apparitions of Lourdes (France, 1858), whose devotion was spread very quickly throughout Europe.
"Our Lady of Oostakker- Lourdes, pray for us."
West Flanders
Our Lady of Dadizele
The devotion to Our Lady of Dadizele dates back to the Middle Ages in the town of Dadizele, now part of the municipality of Moorslede, in West Flanders, Belgium.
"Our Lady of Dadizele, pray for us."
Our Lady of Potterie
According to historical documentation, the complex of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Potterie / Nuestra Señora de la Alfarería was born as a care institution in the 13th century, on the banks of one of the channels of Bruges.
"Our Lady of Potterie, pray for us."
Limburg
Our Lady Cause of Our Joy
The devotion to Our Lady Cause of Our Joy in Tongeren is linked to an ancient Gothic Marian image, coming from the end of the Middle Ages, when the city was already an important Christian center in the region of...
"Our Lady Cause of Our Joy, pray for us.
Our Lady Virga Jesse
Namur
Our Lady of Beauraing
Beauraing's apparitions belong to the realm of documented history.
"Our Lady of Beauraing, pray for us."
Our Lady of Foy
The devotion to Our Lady of Foy (Notre-Dame de Foy) is linked to the small town of Foy-Notre-Dame, near Dinant, in the current province of Namur (Belgium).
"Our Lady of Foy, pray for us."
Our Lady of Walcourt
The devotion to Our Lady of Walcourt is focused on an ancient Marian image venerated in the present basilica of St. Mother of Walcourt, in the province of Namur (Belgium).
"Our Lady of Walcourt, pray for us."
Rain
Our Lady of Banneux
The apparitions of Our Lady of Bannux, also called Virgin of the Poor, are part of the documented history of the Church in Belgium and have been officially recognized by the diocese of Liège.
"Our Lady of Bannux, pray for us."
Henao
Our Lady of Good Help
The title of Our Lady of Good Relief of Bon-Secours is developed around a Marian image placed next to a fountain in the present town of Bon-Secours, part of the municipality of Péruwelz, in the province of Henao...
🙏 Our Lady of Good Help, pray for us.
Our Lady of Le Rœulx
There is no available and reliable synthesis in Spanish about Our Lady of Le Rœulx (Notre-Dame du Rœulx), and the main usual sources on Marian advocacy (devotional encyclopedia, great sanctuaries...
"Our Lady of Le Rœulx, pray for us."
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