Our Lady of Bogolúbovo

Marian vocation of Bogoliúbovo (Russia)
Recognized by the Church

El icono Bogoliúbskaya takes his name from the place of Bogolubovoin the region of Vladímir, very close to the prince Andréi Bogoliubski and the old main center of Vladímira-Suzdal. The sources consulted do not specify with certainty the date of their realization, their author or the documented circumstances of their origin, and therefore on these points not documented enough.

Main data

Origin and history

El icono Bogoliúbskaya takes his name from the place of Bogolubovoin the region of Vladímir, very close to the prince Andréi Bogoliubski and the old main center of Vladímira-Suzdal. The sources consulted do not specify with certainty the date of their realization, their author or the documented circumstances of their origin, and therefore on these points not documented enough.

According to the traditionThe Virgin would have appeared to Prince Andrei and asked him to find a sanctuary there. This story belongs to Orthodox piety and not to a critically verified history; it is therefore offered as tradition, as documented hecho.

The image and the sanctuary

This is a Orthodox icon Byzantine type. His veneration is linked to the place of Bogoliúbovo, in the region of Vladímir, one of the images most closely linked to the sacrality of the medieval Russian landscape. The sources consulted do not specify the material, technique or specific measures of the copy; no consta ese nivel de detalle.

Sponsorship and coronation

No consta an official decree of canonical patronage verifiable for this icon. For belonging to tradition orthodoxalso does not contain a canonical coronation according to the praxis of the Latin Catholic Church: no consta.

Party and devotion

The sources consulted do not safely require the date of the liturgical party of the icon, so it is indicated no consta a verifiable date. On the devotional plane, the image is associated with the ancient main center of Bogoliúbovo and with the memory of Prince Andréi, within the rich sacred geography of the medieval Rus.

Link to the Rosary

The Bogoliúbskaya icon belongs to the Orthodox traditionin which Marian devotion is expressed mainly by the veneration of the icons, the akathists and the hymns of the Byzantine rite, rather than by the Latin Rosary. No consta a specific historical link with the Rosary. However, Marian contemplation unites both traditions: the faithful Catholic who venerates this image can approach it from the prayer of the Rosary, contemplating Mary as the Mother of God and guide of the believing people.