Marian devotions in Uruguay
Uruguay venes as national patron a Our Lady of the Thirty-Threeto whose image the Thirty-Three Orientals prayed in 1825, along with Marian shrines of deep root as the Virgin of the Verdun of Mines.
🌹 Marian wonders and anecdotes from Uruguay
- Virgin of the Thirty-Three - patron of Uruguay; before her they swore Thirty-three orientals in the gestures of independence (1825). It was the first image crowned by a Pope in America (1857).
- Immaculate of the Verdun (Minas) - on the top of the hill, it brings together tens of thousands of pilgrims every 19 April.
- Guadeloupe de Canelones - a small Cuban image around which the city was born in 1775.
Our Lady of the Thirty-Three
National patron saint of Uruguay, venerated in its Cathedral-Basilica National Sanctuary of Florida; Jesuit carving of the Immaculate before which the Thirty-Three Orientals prayed in the feat of 1825.
🙏 Our Lady of the Thirty-Three, pray for us.
Our Lady of Guadalupe of Canelones, patron of the city and of the diocese of Canelones
The devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe of Canelones is closely linked to the very origin of the city and the diocese of Canelones, in Uruguay.
🙏 Our Lady of Guadalupe of Canelones, patron saint of the city and of the diocese of Canelones, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Candelaria of Maldonado, patron of Maldonado
Local tradition links the origins of the devotion to the arrival of the explorer Juan Díaz de Solís to the coasts of Maldonado on February 2, 1516, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the Purification of the Virgin Mary.
🙏 Our Lady of Candelaria of Maldonado, patron saint of Maldonado, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Mercedes, patron of the city of Mercedes and of the diocese of Mercedes- Soriano
Regarding Our Lady of Mercy as patron saint of the city of Mercedes and the diocese of Mercedes-Soriano (Uruguay), no specific and detailed historical data can be found in the public sources consulted…
🙏 Our Lady of Mercy, patron saint of the city of Mercedes and of the diocese of Mercedes-Soriano, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Hill of Victory
No reliable online sources clearly and thoroughly document the devotion to Our Lady of Cerrito de la Victoria in Montevideo under that precise title, explicitly linked to Luján and the current sanctuary of…
🙏 Our Lady of the Hill of Victory, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Rosary and San Benito of Palermo, patron of the city of Paysandu
In the city of Paysandú, Paysandú Department, Uruguay, stands the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Benedict of Palermo, one of the most important Catholic churches in the region and linked to the memory of…
🙏 Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Benedict of Palermo, patron saint of the city of Paysandú, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Verdun, patron of the city of Minas
The devotion to Our Lady of Verdun originated in the context of Marian piety at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries in the mountainous region of Minas, Lavalleja department, Uruguay.
🙏 Our Lady of Verdun, patron saint of the city of Minas, pray for us.
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