Our Lady of Europe Saint

Our Lady of Europe (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Europa or Virgen de Europa) is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary as patroness of Gibraltar. The entire European continent was consecrated under the protection of Our Lady of Europe in the early 14th century from the Shrine in Gibraltar where devotion still continues to this day, over 700 years on.Together with St. Bernard, Our Lady is a Catholic patron saint of Gibraltar.

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Saint

major shrine
Shrine of Our Lady of Europe
venerated in
Roman Catholicism in Europe
Roman Catholic Diocese of Gibraltar

Our Lady of Europe on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://web.archive.org/web/20060623010104/http:/www.foghs.org.uk/nl/73.pdf
  2. http://web.archive.org/web/20081118144245/http:/www.gibraltar.gov.gi/tourism/lady_of_europe.htm
  3. http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=15970
  4. http://www.ourladyofeurope.net/History/history_contents.htm