Marian Advocations of Switzerland
Switzerland, in the heart of the Alps, keeps its Marian devotion in great shrines of the three linguistic areas. The main one is Einsiedeln, con su célebre Black Virginthe Benedictine national sanctuary linked to Saint Meinrado; they follow him. Mariastein on Basel and, in the Italian Tesino, the Madonna del Sasso about Locarno. French-speaking Switzerland Notre-Dame des Marches, Bourguillon y du Vorbourgthe three major reconciliation centres. We pick them up here for cantons.
- Marvel and Marian anecdotes of Switzerland
Small stories that the Swiss people keep around their sanctuaries:
- Einsiedeln — la Black Virgin on the tomb of Saint Meinrado; tradition tells that his chapel was consecrated by angels rather than by the bishop. Every afternoon the Salve Regina.
- Mariastein - a child fell from the top of the cliff and was found unharmed at the foot, saved by the Virgin: hence the name "Mary on the rock."
- Madonna del Sasso (Locarno) — nació de una aparición de la Virgen a fray Bartolomeo d’Ivrea en 1480, sobre un risco que domina el Lago Mayor.
- Notre-Dame du Vorbourg (Delémont) - the way up is pulled by fifteen large stone crosses representing the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary.
- Valerius (Sion) - along with the Virgin sounds the oldest organ in the world still in use, about 1435.
- Our Lady of Health (Massagno) - his church was raised in 1710 as a vote of the people for the end of a plague.
Schwyz
Our Lady of the Ermitages of Einsiedeln
The devotion to Our Lady of the Ermitages of Einsiedeln dates back to the 9th century and is attached to the figure of Saint Meinrado, a Benedictine monk of Reichenau who retired as hermitan to a forest of the region by the year 835.
"Our Lady of the Ermitages of Einsiedeln, pray for us.
Solara
Our Lady of Mariasthein
According to local tradition, the origin of the sanctuary is linked to a miracle of protection: a child (in some stories it is simply spoken of a "young man") fell from the rock to the valley and was saved from death by the intercession of the...
"Our Lady of Mariasthein, pray for us.
Lucerna
Our Lady of Heiligkreuz
Heiligkreuz im Entlebuch is a place of legendary pilgrimage in the commune of Hasle, in the canton of Lucerne, associated from ancient to the veneration of the Holy Cross and to an intense Marian piety.
"Our Lady of Heiligkreuz, pray for us.
Our Lady of Hergiswald
The devotion to Our Lady of Hergiswald is linked to the Baroque Marian shrine in Hergiswald, over Kriens-Horw, in the canton of Lucerne, in central Switzerland.
"Our Lady of Hergiswald, pray for us."
Nuestra Señora de Werthenstein
The information available about Our Lady of Werthenstein is very limited in Spanish sources and in the usual repertories of Marian advocacy; most published data refer to other Marian sanctuaries...
"Our Lady of Werthenstein, pray for us."
Nidwalden
Our Lady of Mary Rickenbach
The Benedictine monastery of Maria Rickenbach (Benediktinnerinnenkloster Maria Rickenbach) is located in the village of Niederrickenbach, within the municipality of Oberdorf, in the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland, in the lake region of the...
"Our Lady of Mary Rickenbach, pray for us.
San Rooster
Our Lady of Mary Dreibrunnen
According to available data, the foundation of the church or chapel of Dreibrunnen is of medieval origin, although it is not known with certainty who founded it and in what exact year.
"Our Lady of Mary Dreibrunnen, pray for us.
Turgovia
Our Lady of Sankt Pelagiberg
In the documentation available online of a general character on Marian advocacy (encyclopedia, lists of advocacy, collections of sanctuaries), the title Our Lady of Sankt is not expressly mentioned...
"Our Lady of Sankt Pelagiberg, pray for us.
Freiburg
Our Lady of Bourguillon
On Our Lady of Bourguillon (Notre-Dame de Bourguillon), venerated in the sanctuary on the outskirts of Freiburg (canton of Freiburg, Switzerland), information accessible in ordinary digital sources is very scarce and fragmented.
"Our Lady of Bourguillon, pray for us."
Our Lady of Compassion
There is no detailed and documented history, with easy public access, about the advocation of Our Lady of the Venerated Compassion in Bulle (canton of Freiburg, Switzerland) or about the historical erection of the urban sanctuary of...
"Our Lady of Compassion, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Marches
There is no clearly defined tradition or legend of origin about Our Lady of the Marches (Notre-Dame des Marches) comparable to the great classical Marian apparitions; the accessible documentation focuses mainly on the...
"Our Lady of the Marches, pray for us."
Valais
Our Lady of Longeborn
According to tradition, Longeborgne is born as a place of loneliness and penance in an almost inaccessible environment, taking advantage of a rocky cornice in the parade of the Borgne stream, where erecites were withdrawn for prayer and penance.
"Our Lady of Longeborgne, pray for us.
Our Lady of Valère
According to documented history, the church dedicated to the Virgin on the hill of Valère was built between the 12th and 13th centuries.
"Our Lady of Valère, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Scex
The chapel of Notre-Dame du Scex is "hanging" on the rock, on the town of Saint-Maurice, in the canton of Valais (Switzerland), dominating the Rhone Valley. The proximity of the abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune, founded in...
"Our Lady of the Scex, pray for us.
Swear
Our Lady of Vorbourg
The advocation of Our Lady of Vorbourg (Notre-Dame du Vorbourg) is linked to the old chapel on the city of Delémont, in a rocky promontory that dominated the old route of the Jura Valley.
"Our Lady of the Vorbourg, pray for us.
Tesino
Our Lady of Health
Santa Maria de los Angeles
The church of Santa María degli Angioli is located in the historic centre of Lugano, next to the lake, and was built as a church of a convent of observing friars (Franciscan) in the 16th century.
"Our Lady, St. Mary of the Angels, pray for us.
Madonna d’Ongero
La Madonna d'Ongero is a Marian apvocation linked to the small Baroque sanctuary located on Mount Ongero, above Carona, a town now integrated in the municipality of Lugano, in the canton of Tesino (Switzerland).
"Our Lady, Madonna d'Ongero, pray for us.
Madonna del Castelletto
In the area of Monte Carasso, in the canton of Tesino, there is an ancient tradition of small rural Marian oratoriums, linked to the work of the countryside, to the waters of the torrents and to the protection of the villages of the valley.
"Our Lady, Madonna of the Castelletto, pray for us.
Madonna del Sasso
The advocation of Madonna del Sasso is linked, according to tradition, with an apparition of the Virgin Mary to Fra Bartolomeo d'Ivrea in 1480, in a cliff over Locarno, in Orselina, next to the Lake Mayor.
"Our Lady, Madonna of the Sasso, pray for us.
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