Marian Advocations of Hungary
Hungría es el Regnum Marianum: King Stephen offered the kingdom to the Virgin by the year 1038, and since then Mary is honored as The Great Lady of HungaryThe "Great Lady of the Hungarians." Its Marian geography shines in the weeping icon of Onions, en la Virgin Llorona of Győrat the National Shrine of Mátraverbút - Szentmút and in shrines such as Máriagyő d, Andocs, Sümeg or Celldömölk. We pick them up here by region.
♪ Wonders and Marian anecdotes from Hungary
The kingdom offered to Mary, and icons who cried:
- Győr - the Irish icon shed blood tears for about three hours on March 17, 1697, Saint Patrick's Day. He had been brought by the Irish bishop Walter Lynch, fleeing the persecution of Cromwell.
- Onions - his icon cried in 1696, and the copy left in Hungary again cried in 1715 and 1905.
- Mátraverbút - Szentmút - tradition reminds a mute shepherd who regained speech when drinking from his source, and the king of Saint Ladislaus, who jumped with his horse a parade where a spring sprang.
- Makkosmaria - a peasant placed the image of the Virgin in an oak of the forest of acorns; he called it Redeemer of captives.
- The Great Lady of the Hungarian - King Stephen offered the crown and kingdom to the Virgin by the year 1038 (the Regnum Marianum).
National
The Great Lady of the Hungarian
The title Magyarok Nagyasszonya - in Latin, Magna Domina Hungarorum, "Grand Lady of the Hungarian" - belongs to the national Marian tradition of Hungary and is linked to the old ideal of Regnum Marianum, that is, the consecration...
"Our Lady, the Great Lady of the Hungarians, pray for us.
North
Our Lady of Mátraverebély-Szentkút
According to tradition, the origin of the Mátraverebély-Szentkút shrine dates back to the end of the 11th century, linked to Saint Ladislao, king of Hungary.
"Our Lady of Mátraverebély-Szentkút, pray for us.
Centre
Our Lady of the Assumption of Buda
The church of Our Lady of the Assumption of the castle of Buda (Budavári Nagyboldogasszony- templom), popularly known as the church of Matías, is a Catholic temple of medieval origin located in the district of the castle of Buda,...
- Our Lady of Buddha's Assumption, pray for us.
Our Lady of Makkosmária
According to the tradition in the presentation of the sanctuary as "Fogolykiváltó Szůzanya kegyhelye" (sanctuary of the Virgin who releases the captives), devotion dates back to a Marian image placed in the oak forest (of...
"Our Lady of Makkosmária, pray for us.
Our Lady of Mariabesnyő
The main sources of online consultation (encyclopedia, diocesan pages or religious orders, international Catholic press or usual tourist and heritage databases) have not been found.
"Our Lady of Máriabesnyő, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Seven Capels of Vác
According to the local tradition, the origin of the shrine of Our Lady of the Seven Capels of Vác (Váci Hétkápolna) is linked to a source considered miraculous located on the outskirts of the city, on the banks of the Danube, where the...
"Our Lady of the Seven Capels of Vác, pray for us.
East
Our Lady of Egerszalók
It does not contain in the usual sources of mariology, in the online documentation of the diocese or in repertories of international Marian sanctuaries, a documented history specific to the advocation of Our Lady of...
"Our Lady of Egerszalók, pray for us.
Our Lady of Mariapócs
The devotion to Our Lady of Máriapercs, also called Mother of God Llorosa, is born in a small Greek-Catholic community of the then people of Pócs, in the north-east of present-day Hungary, where a simple icon of the...
"Our Lady of Máriapercs, pray for us."
West
Our Lady of Andocs
In Andocs, in Somogy County (Southern Transdanubio, Hungary), it venerates Our Lady of Andocs (Andocsi Mária), an ancient Gothic-style Marian image that has made this small place one of the centers of...
"Our Lady of Andocs, pray for us."
Our Lady of Bodajk
The Marian documentation available in Spanish about Hungary mentions important sanctuaries such as Máriapercs, recognized as a national sanctuary since 2005, but no specific information on the historical origin of the...
"Our Lady of Bodajk, pray for us."
Our Lady of Búcsuszentlászló
On Our Lady of Búcsuszentlászló, venerated in western Hungary (Zala County), the information accessible online is very scarce and fragmented, and does not appear in the main Marian repertories in Spanish or in the...
"Our Lady of Búcsuszentlászlászló, pray for us.
Our Lady of Celldömölk
There is no broad Spanish synthesis of Our Lady of Celldömölk (Kiscell); the available data come mainly from the local Hungarian tradition and the history of the Benedictine monastery of Celldömölk, known as...
"Our Lady of Celldömölk, pray for us.
Our Lady Llorosa of Győr
According to tradition, the painting was taken from Ireland to Hungary by Irish bishop Walter Lynch, Bishop of Clonfert, who fled his homeland because of the hard anti-atomic persecution driven by Oliver Cromwell.
"Our Lady Llorosa of Győr, pray for us.
Our Lady of Homokkomárom
According to the information available, Homokkomárom is a small town in the south-west of Hungary, near Lake Balaton, known precisely for its Marian sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary, now guarded by the Community of...
"Our Lady of Homokkomárom, pray for us."
Our Lady of Sümeg
There is no Marian advocation officially recognized as "Our Lady of Sümeg (Sümegi Százanya, Betegek Gyógyótója)" in the usual repertories of Marian sanctuaries, or in the main ecclesial or...
"Our Lady of Sümeg, pray for us."
Sur
Our Lady of Máriagyő d
According to tradition, the place of Máriagyůd was marked from ancient times by a special presence of the Virgin Mary, and there is talk of Marian pilgrimages already in the Middle Ages to a venerated image as Virgin of the Snow,...
"Our Lady of Máriagyůd, pray for us.
Our Lady of Palosszentkút
No documentation is readily available online, in the usual ecclesial or encyclopedic sources, on the concrete origins of the advocation Our Lady of Palosszentkút (Palosszentkúti Segítő Száz Mária) in...
"Our Lady of Palosszentkút, pray for us.
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