María Auxiliadora is the
Spanish language
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translation of
Mary, Help of Christians
Mary, the Help of Christians ( la, Sancta Maria Auxilium Christianorum) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, based on a devotion now associated with a feast day of the General Roman Calendar on May 24.
John Chrysostom was the f ...
. In
Portuguese it is spelled Maria, without the
diacritic
A diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. The term derives from the Ancient Greek (, "distinguishing"), from (, "to distinguish"). The word ''diacriti ...
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It may also refer to:
Geographic regions
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María Auxiliadora, Distrito Nacional a sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic
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María Auxiliadora, Guanajuato
María Auxiliadora, known before as Chupaderos, is a town located near the municipality of San Felipe, Guanajuato "Torres Mochas" in Mexico. It has a population of no more than 400 people, with many of its residents having moved to the United Stat ...
, a town near the municipality of San Felipe, Guanajuato, Mexico
Parishes
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María Auxiliadora, Colón, Montevideo
The Iglesia María Auxiliadora ( en, Church of Mary Help of Christians) is a Roman Catholic parish church in Villa Colón, Montevideo, Uruguay. The church was completed in 1877.
The church is dedicated to Mary Help of Christians, a Marian devot ...
, a Roman Catholic parish church in Colón, Montevideo, Uruguay
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María Auxiliadora, Montevideo
The Iglesia María Auxiliadora ( en, Church of Mary Help of Christians) is a Roman Catholic parish church in the neighbourhood of Parque Rodó, Montevideo, Uruguay. The parish was established on 22 October 1919.
The church is dedicated to Mary He ...
, a Roman Catholic parish church in Parque Rodó, Montevideo, Uruguay
People
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Maria Auxiliadora (artist), a Brazilian self-taught painter.
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