The original image enshrined in the central high altar.[1]
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Major shrine
Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil
Feast
October 12[1]
Attributes
Mantle, crown, stars
Patronage
Brazil and Brazilian people,[1] Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aparecida, World Youth Day 2013, expectant mothers, newborn children, rivers and the sea, gold, honey, beauty[2]
Controversy
(1978) Theft and vandalism by Protestant intruder (1995); Public insults and televised vandalism by a UCKG minister
Our Lady of Aparecida ("Our Lady revealed"), (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora Aparecida or Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida) is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with the Immaculate Conception.
Her image, a clay statue, is widely venerated by Brazilian Catholics, who consider her as the principal patroness of Brazil.[1] Historical accounts state that the statue was originally found by three fishermen who miraculously caught many fish after invoking the Blessed Virgin Mary. The statue is currently housed in the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida in Aparecida, São Paulo, Brazil.
Colonial documents and papal bulls have referred to the image as Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida. The feast day of Our Lady Aparecida in the Roman Rite is on October 12, which is also a public holiday in Brazil since 1980. The building in which the image is venerated was granted the title of a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1980, and is the largest Marian shrine in the world,[3] being able to hold up to 45,000 worshippers.[4]
Controversy about the statue was ignited in May 1978 by an intruder who stole the clay statue, which was smashed as he was apprehended, from its shrine, and again in 1995, when an evangelical minister insulted and vandalized a copy of the statue on Brazilian national television, specifically on Rede Record, in what became known as the Chute na santa incident.
The following papal documents concern the famed statue:
Pope Leo XIII mentioned the Brazilian devotion in 1903
Pope Pius X granted a canonical coronation to the image on 8 December 1904
Pope Pius XI declared Mary under this title Patroness of Brazil through a papal bull of 16 July 1930, signed by Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli
Pope Paul VI granted the image her first golden rose on 12 August 1967
Pope John Paul II consecrated her new shrine and on the same date raised it to the rank of minor basilica on 4 July 1980[5][6]
Pope Benedict XVI granted the image her second golden rose on 12 May 2007
Pope Francis granted the third golden rose on 9 October 2017, honoring the 300th anniversary of the devotion[7]
^ abcdOur Lady of Aparecida profile Archived January 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at Patron Saints Index.
^Our Lady of Aparecida profile Archived July 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine at the Mary of Nazareth Project.
^Allen, John. "A look ahead to Benedict in Brazil". National Catholic Reporter. May 3, 2007
^Cite error: The named reference reuters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^William Thomas (July 19, 2009). "Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil". Catholic Voice. CatholicVoice.ie. Archived from the original on March 23, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
^"4 July 1980, Mass in the Basilica of Aparecida | John Paul II".
^"Papa Francisco concede terceira Rosa de Ouro ao Santuário Nacional". a12.com. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
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