Our Lady of Makkosmária

Marian title of Budakeszi (Centre)

According to the tradition gathered in the presentation of the sanctuary as "Fogolykiváltó Szħzanya kegyhelye" (sanctuary of the Virgin who saves the captives), devotion goes back to a Marian image placed in the oak forest (hence the name Makkos, "of acorns") near Budakeszi. In that place, a peasant named Tratib János He would have placed the image of the Virgin in an oak, origin of the future place of pilgrimage. These references fall within the scope of the Pious traditionwithout keeping contemporary documents to allow for the detailed verification of these facts.

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Origin and history

According to the tradition gathered in the presentation of the sanctuary as "Fogolykiváltó Szħzanya kegyhelye" (sanctuary of the Virgin who saves the captives), devotion goes back to a Marian image placed in the oak forest (hence the name Makkos, "of acorns") near Budakeszi. In that place, a peasant named Tratib János He would have placed the image of the Virgin in an oak, origin of the future place of pilgrimage. These references fall within the scope of the Pious traditionwithout keeping contemporary documents to allow for the detailed verification of these facts.

La documented history the sanctuary begins in the 18th century. In 1737 was built in Makkosmária a first chapel in the place of the image venerated in the forest. From 1748 the chapel and the incipient sanctuary were entrusted to the Redeemers of captives, who promoted the worship of the Virgin "Fogolykivaltó Boldogasszony" (Our Lady of the Redemption of Causes). With the suppression of the Trinitarian Order in the Habsburg Empire in 1783The place was abandoned and the chapel was ruined.

In the 20th century the restoration of the Sanctuary. From 1938religious served reorganized the place of worship and the life of pilgrimages; the temple was rebuilt in 1947on the old location of the chapel. Later, various institutes took over the pastoral care: Servants until the late 1940s, Jesuits and, in later stages, priests of the parish of Budakeszi; from the end of the 20th century, the temple is entrusted to the Order of Preachers (Dominics). The sanctuary belongs to the nuts and is one of its Marian pilgrimage places.

The image and the sanctuary

The advocation is venerated in the Church of grace Makkosmária (pilgrimage church), officially called "Queen of Angels Church" (Church - shrine of the Queen of the Angels), in the border of Budakeszi, Pest County, near Budapest. The temple is located in Makkosi út 163, in a wooded environment that retains the character of a place of prayer in the middle of nature. The present church was raised or rebuilt in 1947, based on the old 18th century chapel. It does not know that the temple has the title of minor basilica nor a national sanctuary; it is a diocesan sanctuary of pilgrimage within the diocese of Székesfehérvár.

The iconography of the advocation is linked to the Prisoner Happiness (Our Lady of the Redemption of Causes). The sources consulted describe the place as the sanctuary of the "Fogolykiváltó SzŚzanya" (Virgin who rescues the captives), but do not provide a detailed and secure description of the material, size or specific style of the image (sculpture, relief or painting). Therefore, no consta precisely, in the easily accessible documentation, the type of artistic support and the specific iconographic details of the main image venerated on the altar.

Sponsorship and coronation

Makkosmária es un place of Marian pilgrimage the surroundings of Budapest and Pest County, belonging to the nuts. The advocation of the Prisoner Happiness (Our Lady who frees the captives) is especially associated with intercession by prisoners, captives and all people "chained" by various enslavement. In the pastoral practice of the sanctuary, this dimension has been extended to "captives" of modern addictions and dependencies: drug addicts, alcoholics, slaves of disorderly sexuality, game and other harmful habits, as well as their families and those who work for their release. In this way, the sanctuary exercises a spiritual patronage over those who suffer any form of inner or social captivity.

It is reported that Makkosmaria haya was proclaimed official employer of Budakeszi, Budapest or the Hungarian nation, beyond its importance as a diocesan Marian sanctuary. In the sources consulted no documented canonical coronation is mentioned of the image by pontifical authority or papal delegate; therefore: does not contain a documented canonical coronation.

Party and devotion

The devotional calendar of the sanctuary is structured around two large annual pilgrimage parties, in addition to the ordinary Sunday Eucharistic celebration. The official information of the temple indicates that there is mass every Sunday at 11: 30, and midnight mass is held on the night of December 24.

The main pilgrimages are organized as opening and closing of the "season of pilgrimages": – Seasonal tightness buffalo: el first Sunday of May, con una misa de peregrinación que inaugura el ciclo anual de devociones marianas. – Great end of season bucsu: el last Sunday of Septemberwith solemn Mass presided over by the Bishop, in connection with the feast of the Fogolykiváltó Boldogasszony (Our Lady of the Redemption of Causes), celebrada el September 24.

The sources point out that, following the war and the persecution of the 20th century, the custom of praying in the sanctuary was maintained. “por los cautivos”:: At first, especially by prisoners of war and detainees, and then also by those suffering from modern slavery (addictions, dependencies, etc.). Makkosmária has consolidated as well as a place they come to pilgrims from Budapest and other nearby locations, being a reference point for Marian routes such as “Maria Ut” (Camino de María) of Central Europe.

Link to the Rosary

In the sources consulted does not contain a specific or exclusive practice which uniquely links the advocation of Our Lady of Makkosmária to the prayer of Rosary (for example, historical co-fradies of the Rosary of the place, promises linked to this prayer, or apparitions explicitly related to the Rosary). Devotion is particularly focused on the Our Lady's liberating intercession for the captives and slaves of all kinds of ties, in continuity with the charism of the trinitarians and the memory of the prisoners.

However, as in most Marian shrines, the Rosary is part of the usual prayer of the faithful and pilgrimages, being Marian prayer par excellence in the Latin Church. [This wine