Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Saturday, 11 May 2013

The Titles Of The Blessed Virgin Mary (Part Two).


Text and Illustrations from Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.


File:The Madonna in Sorrow.jpg


The Madonna in Sorrow.
Artist: Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato (1609–1685).
Date: Author lived 1609 – 1685.
Author: Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato (1609–1685).
(Wikimedia Commons)


Titles of Mary associated with devotions or apparitions:

Black Madonna of Częstochowa;
Life-Giving Spring;
Our Lady of Akita;
Our Lady of Aparecida;
Our Lady of Arabia;
Our Lady of Banneux;
Our Lady of Beauraing;
Our Lady of Bethlehem;
Our Lady of China;
Our Lady of Combermere;
Our Lady of Covadonga;
Our Lady of Fatima;
Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn;
Our Lady of Good Counsel;
Our Lady of Graces;
Our Lady of Guadalupe;
Our Lady of Good Help;
Our Lady of Good Health;
Our Lady of Good Success;
Our Lady of Ipswich;
Our Lady of Kazan;
Our Lady of Kibeho;
Our Lady of Knock;
Our Lady of La Salette;
Our Lady of La Vang;
Our Lady of Laus;
Our Lady of Lebanon;
Our Lady of Loreto;
Our Lady of Lourdes;
Our Lady of Manaoag;
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal;
Our Lady of Mount Carmel;
Our Lady of Nazaré;
Our Lady of the Pillar;
Our Lady of the Rocks;
Our Lady of the Snows;
María de la Soledad, Our Lady of Solitude;
Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga;
Our Lady of the Thirty-Three;
Our Lady of Vallarpadam;
Our Lady of Velankanni;
Our Lady of Walsingham;
Our Lady of Ta' Pinu;
Our Lady of Tarumba;
Our Lady, Star of the Sea;
Theotokos of Vladimir.


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Statue of Our Lady, "Stella Maris", Sliema, Malta.
This File: 8 December 2009.
User: Maris1891.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Most of the devotional titles are contained in the Litany of Loreto:

Holy Mary;
Holy Mother of God;
Holy Virgin of Virgins;
Mother of Christ;
Mother of the Church;
Mother of Divine Grace;
Mother Most Pure;
Mother Most Chaste;
Mother Inviolate;
Mother Undefiled;
Mother Most Amiable;
Mother Admirable;
Mother of Good Counsel;
Mother of Our Creator;
Mother of Our Redeemer;
Mother of Mercy;
Virgin Most Prudent;
Virgin Most Venerable;
Virgin Most Renowned;
Virgin Most Powerful;
Virgin Most Merciful;
Virgin Most Faithful;
Mirror of Justice;
Seat of Wisdom;
Cause of Our Joy;
Spiritual Vessel;
Vessel of Honor;
Singular Vessel of Devotion;
Mystical Rose;
Tower of David;
Tower of Ivory;
House of Gold;
Ark of the Covenant;
Gate of Heaven;
Morning Star;
Health of the Sick;
Refuge of Sinners;
Comfort of the Afflicted;
Help of Christians;
Queen of Angels;
Queen of Patriarchs;
Queen of Prophets;
Queen of Apostles;
Queen of Martyrs;
Queen of Confessors;
Queen of Virgins;
Queen of All Saints;
Queen Conceived Without Original Sin;
Queen Assumed Into Heaven;
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary;
Queen of Families;
Queen of Peace.


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English: Mother of Sorrows.
Espanol: Dolorosa.
Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682).
Date: Circa 1665.

Current location: Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla, Spain.

(Wikimedia Commons)


Other Titles of Mary include:

File:Matka-Boza Rokitno.jpg


English: Crowned Madonna, Rokitno, Poland, 1671.
Polski: Matka Boża Rokitniańska Cierpliwie Słuchająca z godłem 
Polski umieszczonym tam w 1671 r. przez króla Michała Korybuta Wiśniowieckiego.
This File: 1 June 2006.
User: Emman.
(Wikimedia Commons)


Titles of Mary in Islam. The Qur'an refers to Mary by the following titles:

Qānitah - the Arabic term implies the meaning, not only of constant submission to Allah, but also absorption in Prayer and invocation;
Siddiqah - "She who accepts as true" or "She who has Faith". The term has also been translated "She who believes sincerely totally";
Sājidah - "She who prostrates to Allah in worship";
Rāki’ah - "She who bows down to Allah in worship";
Tāhirah - "She who was purified";
Mustafia - "She who is chosen";
Nur - Mary has been called Nut (Light) and Umm Nut (the Mother of One who was Light);
Sa’imah - "She who Fasts";
Ma'suma - "She who never sinned".


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The Virgin With Angels.
Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).
Date: 1900.
Current location: Petit PalaisParis, France.
Copied from the English Wikipedia to Commons.
This File: 8 July 2005.
User: Phrood.
(Wikimedia Commons)


THIS CONCLUDES THE ARTICLE ON THE TITLES OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.


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