Our Lady often refers to: *

Mary, mother of Jesus Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jews, Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Jose ...

Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church The veneration of Mary, mother of Jesus, in the Catholic Church encompasses various devotions which include prayer, pious acts, visual arts, poetry, and music devoted to her. Popes have encouraged it, while also taking steps to reform some man ...

Our Lady may also refer to:

Titles of Mary

A number of specific

Marian Apparitions A Marian apparition is a reported supernatural appearance by Mary, the mother of Jesus, or a series of related such appearances during a period of time. In the Catholic Church, in order for a reported appearance to be classified as a Marian ap ...

icons An icon () is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Catholic churches. They are not simply artworks; "an icon is a sacred image used in religious devotion". The most ...

, titles, or

Marian shrines A shrine to the Virgin Mary (or Marian shrine) is a shrine marking an apparition or other miracle ascribed to the Blessed Virgin Mary, or a site on which is centered a historically strong Marian devotion. Such locales are often the destination ...

such as: See also the :Titles of Mary.

Ancient and Medieval titles

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Extremadura The shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe was the most important Marian shrine in the medieval kingdom of Castile. The image is enshrined in the Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe, in today's province of Cáceres in the Extremadura autonomous c ...

, a Marian shrine in the medieval kingdom of Castile * Our Lady of Ljeviš, a 12th-century Serbian Orthodox Church cathedral in the town of Prizren, Kosovo *

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or Virgin of Carmel, is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order, particularly within the Catholic Church. The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount Ca ...

, who appeared to St. Simon Stock in 1251 *Our Lady of Nazaré, a Marian icon sculpted in wood, by St. Joseph according to the legend of Nazaré *

Our Lady of Peñafrancia Our Lady of Peñafrancia ( es, Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia) is an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Philippines. It is one of the most venerated Marian images in Asia—the patroness of the Bicol Region, colloquially referred to as "In ...

, a wooden statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in Naga City, Bicol, Philippines *

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Our Lady of Perpetual Help (also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a 15th-century Byzantine icon with an alleged Marian apparition. The icon is believed to have o ...

, associated with a celebrated Byzantine icon of the same name dating from the 15th century * Our Lady of Trsat, a 13th-century apparition to a Croat woodcutters near Trsat Castle, Rijeka, Croatia *

Our Lady of Walsingham Our Lady of Walsingham is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus venerated by Catholics, Western Rite Orthodox Christians, and some Anglicans associated with the Marian apparitions to Richeldis de Faverches, a pious English noblewoman, in 1061 in t ...

, an 11th-century apparition to a Saxon noblewoman in Norfolk. *

Our Lady of Westminster Our Lady of Westminster is a late medieval art, late medieval statue of the Madonna and child, now placed at the entrance of the Lady Chapel of Westminster Cathedral, Lady Chapel in Westminster Cathedral, London, under the thirteenth Station of ...

, a 15th-century alabaster madonna venerated in Westminster Cathedral, London * Our Lady With The Poovan Bananas, a 13th-century apparition at Koratty, Kerala, India *

Our Lady, Star of the Sea Our or OUR may refer to: * The possessive form of " we" * Our (river), in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany * Our, Belgium, a village in Belgium * Our, Jura, a commune in France * Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), a government utility regulato ...

, a title of the Virgin Mary *

Our Lady of Poland The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland () (also translated as Our Lady, Queen of Poland or Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland, etc.) is an honorary title for Mary, mother of Jesus, used by Polish Catholics. The Catholic Church in Poland i ...

, a title of the Virgin Mary

Modern titles

Our Lady of the Abandoned Parish Church (Marikina) The Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of the Abandoned (Spanish: ''Santuario y Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados''; Tagalog: ''Dambanang Pandiyosesis at Parokya ng Ina ng mga Walang Mag-Ampon''), better known as Our Lady ...

, a Roman Catholic church in Marikina, Philippines *

Our Lady of Akita Our Lady of Akita ( ja, 秋田の聖母マリア) is the Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with the Marian apparitions reported in 1973 by Sister Agnes Katsuko Sasagawa in the remote area of Yuzawadai, an outskirt of Akita, Ja ...

, an apparition in Yuzawadai, Akita Prefecture, Japan in 1973–1979. *

Our Lady of Aparecida Our Lady Aparecida - Our Lady Revealed - ( pt, Nossa Senhora Aparecida or pt, Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida, links=no ) is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the traditional form associated with the Immaculate Conception associated w ...

, the patron saint of Brazil, represented by a statue of the Virgin Mary located in the Basilica of Aparecida in Aparecida, São Paulo *

Our Lady of Arabia Our Lady of Arabia (Latin: ''Domina Nostra de Arabia, Regina Pacis'') is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary holding a Rosary and the Child Jesus as venerated in Kuwait and Bahrain by its faithful devotees. Under this venerated Marian ti ...

, the patroness of the Arabian peninsula *

Our Lady of Fatima Our or OUR may refer to: * The possessive form of " we" * Our (river), in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany * Our, Belgium, a village in Belgium * Our, Jura, a commune in France * Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), a government utility regulato ...

, a title given to the Virgin Mary by Catholics and others who believe that she appeared to three shepherd children at Fátima, Portugal, in 1917 *

Our Lady of Ferguson ''Our Lady, Mother of Ferguson and All Those Killed by Gun Violence'', simply known as ''Our Lady of Ferguson'', is an icon of the Madonna and Child. The icon, which depicts the Virgin Mary as a Black Madonna, was created in 2015 by Mark Doox (fo ...

, a 21st-century title and icon inspired by the

Shooting of Michael Brown On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Brown was accompanied by his 22-year-old male friend Dorian Johnson, who later stated that Brow ...

in 2014 *

Our Lady of the Good Event Our Lady of the Good Event (Spanish: ''Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso'') is a Catholic Marian title in Spanish-speaking countries. It is often mistranslated as "Our Lady of Good Success" due to the superficial similarity between the Spanish word ...

, a late-16th- to early-17th-century apparition in Quito, Ecuador *

Our Lady of Good Voyage Our Lady of Good Voyage Cathedral Our Lady of Good Voyage is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It originated in seafaring communities of Portugal and Spain. The devotion spread as sailors traveled the world. Background The devotion to Mary ...

, a devotion that originated in Portugal and Spain *

Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe ( es, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe ( es, Virgen de Guadalupe), is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus associated with a series of five Marian apparitions, which are believed t ...

, a Roman Catholic icon and Mexico's most popular religious image *

Our Lady of the Hens Our or OUR may refer to: * The possessive form of " we" * Our (river), in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany * Our, Belgium, a village in Belgium * Our, Jura, a commune in France * Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), a government utility regulato ...

, the finding of a Marian icon and subsequent apparitions in Pagani, Campania *

Our Lady of Knock Knock may refer to: Places Northern Ireland * Knock, Belfast, County Down * Knock, County Armagh, a townland in County Armagh Republic of Ireland * Knock, County Clare, village in County Clare * Knock, County Mayo, village in County Mayo * K ...

, a Marian apparition in Knock-Aghamore, Éire, in 1879 *

Our Lady of La Salette Our Lady of La Salette (french: Notre-Dame de La Salette) is a Marian apparition reported by two French children, Maximin Giraud and Mélanie Calvat, to have occurred at La Salette-Fallavaux, France, in 1846. On 19 September 1851, the local bis ...

, a Marian apparition that appeared in 1846 to two shepherd children in La Salette *

Our Lady of Lebanon ar, سيدة لبنان , native_name_lang = , image = Ladylebanon.JPG , image_upright = , alt = , caption = Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon , map_type = , map_s ...

, a Marian shrine and a pilgrimage site in Harissa, Lebanon *

Our Lady of Lourdes Our Lady of Lourdes (french: Notre-Dame de Lourdes) is a title of the Virgin Mary. She is venerated under this title by the Roman Catholic church due to her apparitions that occurred in Lourdes, France. The first apparition of 11 February 1858, o ...

, a Marian apparition first seen in Lourdes, France, in 1858 *

Our Lady of Međugorje Our Lady of Medjugorje ( hr, Međugorska Gospa), also called Queen of Peace ( hr, Kraljica mira) and Mother of the Redeemer ( hr, Majka Otkupiteljica), is the title given to visions of Mary, the mother of Jesus, which began in 1981 to six Herz ...

, a Marian apparition that appeared to Croat children in Međugorje, Herzegovina, in 1980 *

Our Lady of Palmar Our Lady of Palmar ( es, Nuestra Señora del Palmar), known formally as Our Crowned Mother of Palmar ( es, Nuestra Madre del Palmar Coronada), is a Palmarian Christian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with an alleged Marian apparition ...

, a Marian apparition in El Palmar de Troya, Spain in the 1970s; rejected by the Catholic Church. *

Our Lady of Providence Our Lady of Providence or Our Lady of Divine Providence is a title of Mary (Mother of Jesus), Mary. Her feast day is celebrated on November 19. History The title of "Mary, Mother of Divine Providence" is often traced to her intervention at the w ...

, a title of Mary that originated with the Barnabites in 1664 *

Our Lady of Sinj Our Lady of Sinj ( hr, Gospa sinjska) is the title given to a painting venerated as miraculous of Mary, mother of Jesus. The sanctuary in Sinj where the painting is located is a pilgrimage site. The painting It may have been created by an unknown ...

(Gospa Sinjska), the patron saint of Sinj, Croatia *

Our Lady of Šiluva Our Lady of Šiluva (Our Lady of the Pine Woods) is Roman Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary in Šiluva, Lithuania. A shrine of the same name has been built and is dedicated to her. The icon is highly venerated in Lithuania and is often called "Lit ...

, an icon of the Virgin Mary in Siluva, Lithuania * Our Lady of Vaillankanni, a title based on based on apparitions in the 16th–17th centuries in Velankanni, Tamil Nadu, India * Our Lady of Palestine, a Catholic monastery in central Israel *

Our Lady of Charity Our Lady of Charity, also known as Our Lady of El Cobre, ''Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre'' or "la Vírgen de la Caridad", is a popular Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary known in many Catholic countries. Several known Marian images ...

, a Marian title and the Patroness of Cuba *

Our Lady of the Rosary Our Lady of the Rosary, also known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, is a Marian title. The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, formerly known as Feast of Our Lady of Victory and Feast of the Holy Rosary is celebrated on 7 October in the General Roma ...

, a title of the Virgin Mary *

Our Lady of Miracles Our Lady of Miracles (or Madonna of Miracles) is the patron saint of the town of Alcamo. Historical hints The cult of Madonna of Miracles in Alcamo dates back to 21 June 1547, the day people remember the Madonna's apparition to some women near ...

, a Marian apparition in 1547 in Alcamo, Sicily *

Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos (English: Our Lady of Saint John of the Lakes) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated by Mexican and Texan faithful. The original image is a popular focus for pilgrims and is located in t ...

, a title of the Virgin Mary and a Roman Catholic church in Jalisco, Mexico

Music

*"Our Lady", a song by Deep Purple from their 1973 album ''

Who Do We Think We Are ''Who Do We Think We Are'' is the seventh studio album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in 1973. It was Deep Purple's last album with singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover until 1984’s '' Perfect Strangers''. Musically ...

'' *A recurring theme on different albums by

The Legendary Pink Dots The Legendary Pink Dots (LPD) are an Anglo-Dutch experimental rock band formed in London in August 1980. In 1984, the band moved to Amsterdam, playing with rotating musicians and having, as core members, singer/songwriter/keyboardist Edward Ka- ...

(e.g. "Our Lady in Black", "Our Lady in Chambers")

Schools

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Learning Center Our Lady of Mount Carmel Learning Center (OLMCLC), also known as ''Mount Carmel La Salle'' or simply ''Mount Carmel'', was a private Catholic elementary Our Lady of Lourdes Our Lady of Lourdes (french: Notre-Dame de Lourdes) is a title of the Virgin Mary. She is venerated under this title by the Roman Catholic church due to her apparitions that occurred in Lourdes, France. The first apparition of 11 February 1858, o ...

, a school and church in Bethesda, Maryland