Mary, Queen of Peace of Nevides

Marian vocation of Velbert-Neviges (North Rhine-Westphalia)

The invocation Mary, Queen of Peace vinculada a Neviges belongs to the local Marian tradition of the German sanctuary known as Mariendom de Neviges. The German expression Mary, Queen of Peace here a specific veneration in Velbert-Neviges (North Rhine-Westphalia), and should not be confused with other homonymous claims of other countries or with the general use of the title "Queen of Peace."

Main data

Origin and history

The invocation Mary, Queen of Peace vinculada a Neviges belongs to the local Marian tradition of the German sanctuary known as Mariendom de Neviges. The German expression Mary, Queen of Peace here a specific veneration in Velbert-Neviges (North Rhine-Westphalia), and should not be confused with other homonymous claims of other countries or with the general use of the title "Queen of Peace."

La tradition from the place goes back its origin to a Marian revelation of 1680the documented history the present great temple belongs to the second half of the 20th century, when the Mariendom as a new pilgrimage sanctuary. The building was projected by Gottfried Böhm and became one of the best known examples of modern sacra architecture in Germany.

In the divulgative historiography and in the institutional information of the sanctuary, Nevides is presented as a pilgrimage centre of long continuity, although the devotional continuity between the tradition of 1680 and the modern temple must be distinguished with care: the first belongs to the pious origin of the local cult, while the second corresponds to the present architectural and pastoral form of the sanctuary.

The image and the sanctuary

The accessible documentation on Nevides does not contain a Unique and universally fixed image as the main object of devotion under this advocation; therefore, the prudent is to say that is not clearly a widely documented unique iconography in the sources consulted. The cult focuses mainly on the sanctuary and in the Marian invocation to him linked.

The temple is officially known as Mariendom de Neviges and is a great church of pilgrimage of architecture modern, realizada en concrete por Gottfried Böhm. The sources consulted describe it as an important contemporary Marian sanctuary, very prominent both for its religious value and for its architectural interest.

Not included in the sources provided minor basilicanor that it has the range of National sanctuarycan be described with safety as great sanctuary of pilgrimage in the diocese / town of Neviges.

Sponsorship and coronation

There is no safety in the sources consulted. patronazgo civil or eclesiástico formal on a city, municipality, diocese or nation for this specific advocation. It should therefore be indicated: is not officially documented in the sources provided.

It also does not contain a documented canonical coronation of this advocation or its main image in the revised sources; therefore, it is appropriate to write: does not contain a documented canonical coronation.

Party and devotion

La main party is the September 8the date of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, a very common day in the Marian piety of numerous shrines.

Nevides is presented as a place of very busy pilgrimageto the extent that it is included in the disclosure information such as the second most visited pilgrimage sanctuary in Germany. This statement appears in the documentation consulted on the site and should be understood as a divulgative characterization of the flow of pilgrims, not as an official statistics detailed in the sources provided.

The devotion in Nevides is expressed above all by the pilgrimage to the sanctuary, Marian prayer and liturgical celebration around the September feast. Since it is a modern but of ancient pious origin, its devotional profile unites local historical memory and contemporary pastoral reception.

Link to the Rosary

It does not contain a specific and exclusive historical relationship between this invocation of Nevides and a fellowship, fellowship or particular tradition of Rosary.

However, the Marian connection is completely natural: the Virgin venerated as Queen of Peace is considered within the general framework of the spirituality of the Rosary, which meditates the mysteries of Christ with Mary and accompanies the prayer entrusted for peace, conversion and reconciliation. In a sanctuary like Nevides, the Rosary fits as a classic form of prayer that puts on the lips of the Christian people the Marian supplication and contemplation of the life of Jesus.