Marian devotion
Our Lady of Sameiro
The great sanctuary of the Immaculate · Braga
On Mount Sameiro, dominating Braga, the greatest Marian sanctuary of Portugal is erected after Fatima, erected in the 19th century as a great monument to the Immaculate Conception.
Origin and history
The sanctuary was born as a great monument to the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, defined in 1854. On June 14, 1863, the first stone was placed on the initiative of Father Martinho António Pereira da Silva, vicar of Braga. The complex developed progressively: staircase, basilica, crypt, park and houses for pilgrims.
The main image was sculpted in Rome and enthroned in 1880. At the beginning of the 20th century Sameiro was the largest Marian pilgrimage place in Portugal, before the world irradiation of Fatima; today it is the second. In 1904 he received a gold crown offered by the women of Portugal and Queen Doña Amelia. In 2004 John Paul II granted him the Golden Rose. The sources emphasize that the Virgin did not appear here: it is a sanctuary born of devotion to the Immaculate.
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