Our Lady of Frauenberg

Marian advocation of Frauenberg an der Enns (Styria)

La devoción a Our Lady of Frauenberg is linked to the Marian shrine of Frauenberg on the Ennsin the Austrian High Styria, located on a promontory that dominates the valley of the Enns River. The local tradition presents this place as a point of protection and protection for the population of the region, especially in situations of danger, although in the sources consulted there is no fully documented old foundational account.

Main data

Origin and history

La devoción a Our Lady of Frauenberg is linked to the Marian shrine of Frauenberg on the Ennsin the Austrian High Styria, located on a promontory that dominates the valley of the Enns River. The local tradition presents this place as a point of protection and protection for the population of the region, especially in situations of danger, although in the sources consulted there is no fully documented old foundational account.

As for the documented historythe church of Frauenberg appears today as a parish and pilgrimage church of great regional importance; the documentation accessible in the sources consulted highlights their status as the destination of pilgrims and their belonging to the ecclesial field of Styria, but here does not provide a complete foundational chronology or a detailed historical sequence of the Marian advocation. It is therefore appropriate to distinguish between the local pilgrimage age - safe in terms of devotional use - and Concrete historical dateswhich in this case are not sufficiently accurate in the sources examined.

The image and the sanctuary

The sources consulted describe the place as the parish and pilgrimage church of Frauenberg an der Ennsbut they do not provide a secure description of a specific image of the Virgin - material, iconography or dating - for this specific advocation. Consequently, no consta in the verified sources a sufficiently detailed iconographic record of the holder image.

The sanctuary is identified as the Sanctuary of Frauenberg or the pilgrimage church of Frauenberg, in St. John's. Gallen, Styria, Austria. It also shows that it has a remarkable set of ten-part bells, described as the major of Styria, which highlights the liturgical and ceremonial relevance of the temple. No consta in the sources consulted which are minor basilica, national sanctuary or diocesan sanctuary.

Sponsorship and coronation

In verified sources no consta a civil or ecclesiastical patronage formally documented for this advocation, beyond its condition of Marian shrine regional frequented by the faithful of Styria and Alta Austria. Nor does an official patronal dedication of city, municipality or diocese in the revised information.

No documented canonical coronation for Our Lady of Frauenberg in the sources consulted.

Party and devotion

La main party is the August 15, solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The devotional tradition of the place presents it as a very visited sanctuary, especially by pilgrims from Styria and Alta Austria, which confirms its role as a regional Marian piety center.

The inflow is associated with the character of church of pilgrimage, and the location itself - on an altozane or promontory of the Enns - reinforces the sense of penitential ascension and of prayer proper to the Alpine Marian shrines. In revised sources no constan visitor figures or solid details on specific popular traditions.

Link to the Rosary

In the sources consulted no consta a specific and documented historical relationship between Our Lady of Frauenberg and some particular rosarian brotherhood or practice. Yet, as a Marian sanctuary of pilgrimage, its spirituality naturally fits with the Rosarywhich leads to contemplating, with Mary, the mysteries of Christ and to asking for his help in the dangers of the way of life.