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Our Lady Of Africa (other)
Our Lady of Africa may refer to: * Notre Dame d'Afrique, a basilica in Algeria * Shrine of Our Lady of Africa, in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta in North Africa See also * Our Mother of Africa Chapel The Our Mother of Africa Chapel is a shrine housed in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. It was built in the 1990s after a fundraising appeal sponsored by the National Black Catholic Congress, and wa ..., Washington, D.C. * Titles of Mary {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre Dame D'Afrique
Notre Dame d'Afrique ( English: “Our Lady of Africa”) is a Catholic basilica in Algiers, Algeria. Pope Pius IX granted two Pontifical decrees towards the shrine on the same day on 15 April 1876: * The first decree invoked to canonically crown the venerated Marian image enshrined within. The coronation rites was executed by the Archbishop of Carthage Charles Lavigerie on 30 April 1876. * The second decree which raised the sanctuary to the status of Basilica based on an "immemorial custom". ( Pope Benedict XV later regulated to limit these privileges in 1918 to Papal edicts unless an ancient custom already refers to a building as a "Basilica".) History It was Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy, who served as the Bishop of Algiers from 1846 to 1866, who paved the way for its construction. The basilica was inaugurated in 1872, after fourteen years of construction. It was founded by Charles Lavigerie. Its architect, Jean-Eugène Fromageau, who had been appointed the chief architec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrine Of Our Lady Of Africa
The Church of Santa María de África is a Roman Catholic church in the Spanish city of Ceuta which is located in a small Spanish exclave on the north coast of Africa. History The history of the church goes back to a picture sent by Henry the Navigator. He said that he thought the picture holy and he named it as ''Santa Maria in Africa''. The first hard evidence of the church date from 1676 when it is mentioned in building work and then again in 1697. Under Bishop Don Martin de Barcia the church was internally decorated with paintings and both bells and the altarpiece were installed. We know that Barcia was still Bishop when the church was consecrated on 5 August 1752. The altarpiece is decorated with a large sculpture of Mary with Christ which is traditionally carved from a single piece of wood. Legend (while King John I of Portugal was canvassing for governors after capturing ceuta in 1415, a young Pedro de Menezes, 1st Count of Vila Real was nearby, distractedly playing ''cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Mother Of Africa Chapel
The Our Mother of Africa Chapel is a shrine housed in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. It was built in the 1990s after a fundraising appeal sponsored by the National Black Catholic Congress, and was dedicated in 1997. It features a large bronze statue of Our Mother of Africa, a Madonna and Child figure styled with Sub-Saharan African features, designed by Ed Dwight.{{Cite web , title=Our Mother of Africa Chapel , url=http://www.nbccongress.org/our-mother-of-africa-chapel.html , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622171547/https://www.nbccongress.org/our-mother-of-africa-chapel.html , archive-date=2021-06-22 , access-date=2021-06-12 , website=The National Black Catholic Congress , language=en Other sculptures flank the chapel and represent various aspects of African-American culture and history. History The shrine was constructed under the auspices of the National Black Catholic Congress, which had be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |