Marian devotion
Our Lady of Graces
São Paulo, Brazil
The Virgin of Graces is especially venerated by the black community of Brazil.
Country: São Paulo, Brazil
Type: Advocation / Apparition
In São Paulo, the Church of Our Lady of Graces is the center of the devotion of the Afro-Brazilian community. The Virgin is seen as the mother who comforts the descendants of slaves.
The faithful say that the Virgin of Graces appeared on a beach in Rio de Janeiro to comfort slaves who had just arrived by boat.
The Virgin of Graces comforts those who suffer slavery and poverty.
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