Nossa Senhora de Czestochowa
Virgem Negra, Rainha e Mãe da Polônia
O ícone da Virgem Negra de Jasna Góra é um dois mais venerados do mundo e do coração espiritual da Polônia. Seu rosto escuro, marcado por duas cicatrizes na bochecha, acompanhou ou povo polonês por suas horas mais difíceis.
Um ícone antigo
A imagem é uma pintura do Hodegetria type («she who shows the way»), of Byzantine origin, documented in Częstochowa since the 14th century. According to tradition, it was brought to Poland by Duke Ladislaus of Opole and entrusted to the Pauline Fathers at Jasna Góra around 1382. During a Hussite raid in 1430 the image was damaged: the two scars on the Virgin’s right cheek remain visível to this day.
O coração de uma nação
Jasna Góra became the spiritual center of Poland, especially after the Swedish siege of 1655, whose victórious resistance was attributed to the protection of the Virgin. In gratidãoe, King John II Casimir consecrated Poland to Mary in 1656, proclaiming her «Queen of the Crown of Poland». Saint João Paulo II, a deeply devoted são of this Virgin, linked his motto Totus Tuus para ela.