A pilgrimage church (german: Wallfahrtskirche) is a church to which

pilgrimage A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...

s are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the

Way of St. James The Camino de Santiago ( la, Peregrinatio Compostellana, "Pilgrimage of Compostela"; gl, O Camiño de Santiago), known in English as the Way of St James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the Twelve Apostle ...

, that is visited by pilgrims. Heilige Stiege Bonn

Pilgrimage churches are often located by the graves of

saint In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...

s, or hold portraits to which miraculous properties are ascribed or saintly

relic In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...

s that are safeguarded by the church for their veneration. Such relics may include the bones, books or pieces of clothing of the saints, occasionally also fragments of the

cross A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a sa ...

of Jesus, pieces of the crown of thorns, the nails with which he was fixed to the cross and other similar objects. Pilgrimage churches were also built at places where miracles took place.

List of Roman Catholic pilgrimage churches

Churches are listed in alphabetical order of the sites in or near where they are located.

Austria

Ardning - Wallfahrtskirche Frauenberg (c)

Ardning Ardning is a municipality in the district of Liezen in the Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of n ...

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

: Pilgrimage Church of Frauenberg * Bad Leonfelden,

Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, a ...

Pilgrimage Church of Maria Schutz am Bründl A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...

* Berg bei Rohrbach, Upper Austria: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Trost * Bergheim near

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ...

: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Plain *

Christkindl The Christkind (; ), also called ''Christkindl'', is the traditional Christmas gift-bringer in Austria, Switzerland, southern and western Germany, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the eastern part of Belgium, Portugal, Sl ...

, Upper Austria:

Pilgrimage Church of Christkindl A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...

Fernitz Fernitz was a municipality in Austria which merged in January 2015 into Fernitz-Mellach in the Graz-Umgebung District Bezirk Graz-Umgebung is a Districts of Austria, district of the States of Austria, state of Styria in Austria. Since the 2015 Sty ...

, Styria: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Trost (

) *

Gaflenz Gaflenz is a market town in the Steyr-Land district of the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It is known for its saws and its gothic-style St. Andreas Parish Church, established in 1494. Population International partnerships Gaflenz is twinne ...

, Upper Austria:

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Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...

, Styria: Maria Grün,

Mariatrost Basilica The Baroque Mariatrost Basilica on top of the Purberg hill in Mariatrost, a district of Graz, is one of the most famous pilgrimage sites of Styria in Austria. The pilgrimage church stands prominently on top of the Purberg hill (469 m) in the ...

* Gurk, Carinthia,

Gurk Cathedral Gurk Cathedral (german: Dom zu Gurk, officially ''Pfarr- und ehemalige Domkirche Mariae Himmelfahrt'', sl, Bazilika v Krki) is a Romanesque pillar basilica in Gurk, in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The former cathedral and current co-cathed ...

(grave of Saint Hemma of Gurk) * Gutenstein, Lower Austria: Our Lady of Perpetual Help * Heiligengrab, Bleiburg, Carinthia * Horn, Lower Austria: Maria Dreieichen *

Kaltenberg Kaltenberg is a municipality in the district of Freistadt (district), Freistadt in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Population References

Cities and towns in Freistadt District {{UpperAustria-geo-stub ...

, Upper Austria * Kaltenbrunn, Tyrol * Linz, Upper Austria: Pöstlingberg * Maria Dornach (Mitteldorf), Großkirchheim, Carinthia * Maria Gail, Villach * Maria Hilf ob Guttaring, Carinthia *

Maria Laach am Jauerling Maria Laach am Jauerling is a town in the district of Krems-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, loc ...

, Lower Austria * Maria Loreto, Saint Andrew i. L., Carinthia * Maria Rain, Carinthia * St Mary's Church, Maria Saal, Carinthia * Maria Schmolln, Upper Austria * Pilgrimage Church of Maria Schnee (Maria Luggau), Lesachtal, Carinthia * Maria Schnee (at about ten places in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

and several places in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

and neighbouring countries) *

Mariastein Mariastein may refer to: *Mariastein Abbey at Metzerlen-Mariastein, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland *Mariastern Abbey, Banja Luka Mariastern Abbey ( sh, Opatija Marija Zvijezda) is a Trappist abbey in Bosnia and Herzegovina, situated near ...

, Tyrol * Maria Taferl (most important pilgrimage site in Lower Austria) * Maria Waitschach, Guttaring, Carinthia * Mariazell, Styria – which in 2003–2005 was the venue for the Central European Catholics Day * Molln, Upper Austria: Pilgrimage Church of Frauenstein * Pottenstein: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Trost im Elend * Poysdorf, Lower Austria: Maria Bründl * Saalfelden, Salzburg: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Kirchenthal * Sankt Jakob im Rosental, Carinthia: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Elend *

St. Wolfgang Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg ( la, Wolfgangus; 934 – October 31, 994 AD) was bishop of Regensburg in Bavaria from Christmas 972 until his death. He is a saint of the Catholic ( canonized in 1052) and Eastern Orthodox churches. He is regarde ...

, Upper Austria * Pilgrimage Church of St. Wolfgang ob Grades, Metnitz, Carinthia * Schollach, Lower Austria: Maria Steinparz * Seggauberg, Styria: Pilgrimage Church on the Frauenberg near Leibnitz *

Sonntagberg Sonntagberg is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria. It is an important Catholic pilgrimage center. Geography Sonntagberg lies in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria. About 29 percent of the municipality is forested. Sig ...

, Lower Austria * Our Dear Lady, Hochfeistritz, Eberstein, Carinthia * Zistersdorf, Lower Austria: Maria Moos (oldest spring shrine in Lower Austria) *

Brazil

* Aparecida: great Marian sanctuary

Croatia

* Trsat, Dalmatia, Croatia: Pilgrimage Shrine of Our Lady of Trsat, Cathedral of St Vitus

Czech Republic

Chlum Svaté Maří Chlum Svaté Maří (in 1961–1990 Chlum nad Ohří; german: Maria Kulm) is a municipality and village in Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Notable people *Josef Stingl Josef Sting ...

* Družec: pilgrimage church of St Mary of the Assumption *

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

-Tuřany: pilgrimage church of Church of the Annunciation *

Příbram Příbram (; german: Freiberg in Böhmen, ''Przibram'', or ''Pribram'', in 1939–1945 ''Pibrans'') is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 32,000 inhabitants. It is well known for its mining history, and more ...

: Svatá Hora Abbey

France

Eschau Eschau is a market community in the Miltenberg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 3,800. Geography Location Eschau lies in the Bavarian Lower Mai ...

: St Trophimus' Church with the relics of Sophia the Martyr and her daughters Faith, Hope and Charity *

Haguenau Haguenau (; Alsatian: or ; and historically in English: ''Hagenaw'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of France, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is second in size in the Bas-Rhin only to Strasbourg, some to the south. To the ...

: Basilica of Our Lady of Marienthal * Le Puy-en-Velay: pilgrimage church of Notre-Dame du Puy *

Lisieux Lisieux () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland. Name The name of the town derives from the l ...

: sanctuary of saint Teresa of the Child Jesus * Lourdes: site of

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with the

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spring * Neuwiller-lès-Saverne: Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, with the relics of local saint

Adelphus According to a historical catalogue inserted in the Drogo Sacramentary (folio 126), Adelphe (also known as Adelfus, Adelphus, Adelfius) is the 10th bishop of Metz. Most agree he lived in the fifth century. Louis the Pious moved his remains in th ...

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

: pilgrimage church of

Notre-Dame de la Garde Notre-Dame de la Garde (literally: Our Lady of the Guard), known to local citizens as ''la Bonne Mère'' (French for 'the Good Mother'), is a Catholic basilica in Marseille, France, and the city's best-known symbol. The site of a popular Assump ...

Mont St. Michel Mont-Saint-Michel (; Norman: ''Mont Saint Miché''; ) is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. The island lies approximately off the country's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and is ...

: St. Michel *

Paray-le-Monial Paray-le-Monial is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Since 2004 is Paray-le-Monial part of the Charolais-Brionnais Country. It is nicknamed the "city of the Sacred Heart" an ...

: sanctuary of saint

Margaret Mary Alacoque Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM (french: Marguerite-Marie Alacoque) (22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690), was a French Catholic Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form. Summary She worked t ...

and the

Sacred Heart The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus ( la, Cor Jesu Sacratissimum) is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love for mankind". This devo ...

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

: Sainte-Chapelle with the Crown of Thorns *

Ronchamp Ronchamp () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is located between the Vosges and the Jura mountains. Mining Museum Mining began in Ronchamp in the mid-18th century and had ...

: pilgrimage chapel of

Notre Dame du Haut Notre-Dame du Haut ( en, Our Lady of the Heights; full name in french: Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut) is a Roman Catholic chapel in Ronchamp, France. Built in 1955, it is one of the finest examples of the architecture of Franco-Swiss architect Le C ...

Germany

Abensberg Abensberg () is a town in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim, in Bavaria, Germany, lying around southwest of Regensburg, east of Ingolstadt, northwest of Landshut and north of Munich. It is situated on the river Abens, a tributary of the ...

(

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

): Pilgrimage Church of St Mary of the Assumption in the village of Allersdorf *

Abtsgmünd Abtsgmünd is a municipality in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, in Ostalbkreis district. Abtsgmünd is located at the confluence of two streams, the Lein and the Kocher. Famous locals include Patrick Benedict Zimmer who was born in the t ...

: pilgrimage church of the Sacrifice of Mary (''Mariä Opferung'') in the village of Hohenstadt *

Aldenhoven Aldenhoven () is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 5 km south-west of Jülich, 5 km north of Eschweiler and 20 km north-east of Aachen. Gallery ...

: chapel of grace, parish church, Marian pilgrimage *

Altötting Altötting (, Bavarian: ; ''Oidäding'') is a town in Bavaria, capital of the district Altötting of Germany. For 500 years it has been the scene of religious pilgrimages by Catholics in honor of Mary, including a visit by Pope John Paul II i ...

: Shrine of Our Lady, Marian pilgrimage *

Andechs Andechs is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria in Germany. It is renowned in Germany and beyond for Andechs Abbey, a Benedictine monastery that has brewed beer since 1455. The monastery brewery offers tours to visitors. The 2 ...

: Pilgrimage Church of St. Nicholas and St. Elizabeth, Maria pilgrimage,

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ic pilgrimage *

Amberg Amberg () is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Upper Palatinate, roughly halfway between Regensburg and Bayreuth. In 2020, over 42,000 people lived in the town. History The town was first mentioned in 1034, at that time under t ...

: Pilgrimage Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help *

Armsheim Armsheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Armsheim lies in the Rhenish-Hessian Hills, has roughly 2,65 ...

( Rheinhessen): former Pilgrimage church of the Precious Blood of Christ *

Beratzhausen Beratzhausen is a market town and municipality in the district of Regensburg in Bavaria in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Eur ...

: pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help * Bergen bei Neuburg: pilgrimage church of the Holy Cross * Berlin-Mariendorf: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Frieden *

Beselich Beselich is a municipality in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Beselich lies on the northeast edge of the Limburg Basin on the edge of the Lahn valley, on the southeast slope of the Westerwald 220 m above ...

: Pilgrimage Chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help * Bettbrunn: pilgrimage church of

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* Biberbach: St. James the Great, St Lawrence and the Holy Cross - ''s Herrgöttle von Biberbach'' *

Birenbach Birenbach is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History As a result of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, the properties of the abbeys of and Oberhof were seized by the Duchy of Württemberg. In 18 ...

: Pilgrimage Church of the Dolorous Mother of God *

Birkenstein Hoppegarten is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany. History The current municipality was created in 2003 when the former municipalities of Hönow and Münchehofe were united with Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten. The o ...

: pilgrimage chapel of St Mary of the Assumption * Blieskastel: Holy Cross Chapel, Madonna with the Pfeilen * Bogen: Bogenberg, St Mary of the Assumption *

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...

: Kreuzbergkirche * Bruchhausen (Landkreis Neuwied): Marian pilgrimage church of St. John the Baptist (Zuflucht der Sünder) *

Bussen The Bussen is a mountain in southern Germany, in the region of Upper Swabia, with an elevation of 767 metres (approximately 2516 ft). It is also known as the ''Holy Mountain of Upper Swabia.'' It is situated on the border between the Swab ...

( Upper Swabia): pilgrimage church of St. John the Baptist *

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

Cologne Cathedral Cologne Cathedral (german: Kölner Dom, officially ', English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of ...

- SS. Peter and Mary (Epiphany) *

: St. Maria in der Kupfergasse (Black Madonna of Cologne) * Dahenfeld: St Remigius' Church * Deggendorf: Pilgrimage Church of the Holy Sepulchre *

Deggingen Deggingen is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History The House of Helfenstein ruled Deggingen until it went extinct in 1627. Deggingen and the town of Reichenbach im Täle were annexed by the Kingdom ...

(Upper Filst valley): Ave Maria (pilgrimage church) *

Dettelbach Dettelbach is a town in the district of Kitzingen in the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Main, 20 km east of Würzburg, and 8 km north of Kitzingen. It includes neighboring villa ...

: pilgrimage church of Maria im Sand *

Dießen am Ammersee Dießen am Ammersee (Southern Bavarian: ''Diaßn am Ammasä'') is a municipality in the district of Landsberg in Bavaria in Germany. It is located on the shores of the Ammersee. Geography Situated in the Bavarian Alpine Foreland the town stre ...

Marienmünster church Dießen Marienmünster Church is a Baroque style church in Dießen am Ammersee in the German district of Landsberg am Lech in Upper Bavaria. Architecture and style The architecture, furnishing and art combine to form one of the finest expression ...

in the district of Landsberg am Lech in Bavaria *

Düren Düren (; ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne on the river Rur. History Roman era The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the territory of the Eburones, a people ...

: St Anne's Church - veneration of the "head of Anna" - a head

of the mother of Mary *

Durmersheim Durmersheim is a small town in the district of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Southwest Germany and has a population of 12,112 (2020). Durmersheim is situated between Karlsruhe and Rastatt, in the valley of the river Rhine near the border to Fra ...

: pilgrimage church of Maria Bickesheim * Eckartshausen (Werneck): pilgrimage church of the Visitation of Mary * Eggerode: pilgrimage church of Birth of the Virgin Mary *

Eibingen Eibingen, now a part of Rüdesheim am Rhein, Hesse, Germany is the location of Eibingen Abbey, the Benedictine monastery founded by Hildegard of Bingen in 1165 (replacing an Augustine foundation of 1148). Eibingen preserves the treasure of relics ...

: pilgrimage church of St. Hildegard and St. John the Baptisth - burial church of Saint Hildegard and sanctuary for the Eibingen relic treasure. * Ellwangen: pilgrimage church of St. Mary of Loreto * Elmstein: pilgrimage church of the Mother of God * Engelberg: St. Michael over the Main * Ettal, (

Upper Bavaria Upper Bavaria (german: Oberbayern, ; ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, Germany. Geography Upper Bavaria is located in the southern portion of Bavaria, and is centered on the city of Munich, both state capital and seat o ...

): Pilgrimage Church of St Mary of the Assumption * Ettenberg (Marktschellenberg): Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of Mary * Etzelsbach, (

Thüringen Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and larg ...

): Pilgrimage chapel of Etzelsbach *

Fahrenberg Jochen Fahrenberg (born 18 September 1937 in Berlin) is a German psychologist in the fields of personality psychology, Personality, psychophysiology and philosophy of science. Biography Jochen Fahrenberg studied psychology, sociology and philosoph ...

: pilgrimage to the Holy Hill of the Visitation of Mary * Freystadt: pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help * Friedberg: pilgrimage church of Herrgottsruh *

Fuchsmühl Fuchsmühl is a municipality in the district of Tirschenreuth in Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, ...

: pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help *

Fürstenfeldbruck Fürstenfeldbruck () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, located 32 kilometres west of Munich. It is the capital of the district of Fürstenfeldbruck. it has a population of 35,494. Since the 1930s, Fürstenfeldbruck has had an air force base. Th ...

Fürstenfeld Abbey Fürstenfeld Abbey (german: Kloster Fürstenfeld, ) is a former Cistercian monastery in Fürstenfeldbruck (formerly known simply as Bruck), Bavaria, Germany. It is situated about 25 km north-west of Munich. The abbey was one of the household ...

dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Mariä Himmelfahrt) in Bavaria * Gößweinstein:

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, pilgrimage church and basilica of the

Holy Trinity The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the central dogma concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the F ...

(Heilige Dreifaltigkeit) * Gottsbüren (

North Hesse North Hesse (german: Nordhessen) describes the northern part and historical heart of the German federated state of Hesse. The region is – unlike the name Lower Hesse – not a historical territory and also has no established, standard and offic ...

) * Haltern-Bergbossendorf: pilgrimage chapel of Saint Anne * Hennef- Bödingen: Pilgrimage Church of the Dolorous Mother of God * Herzfeld (Lippetal): pilgrimage church of St. Ida *

Hirschberg an der Bergstraße Hirschberg an der Bergstraße is a town in the Rhein-Neckar district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Hirschberg is situated on the Bergstraße ("Mountain Road") on the western rim of the Odenwald. It lies between Weinheim to the north and Sch ...

: pilgrimage church of

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Hohenpeißenberg Hohenpeißenberg is a municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district, in Bavaria, Germany. Hohenpeißenberg is situated in the Bavarian Oberland, in the Alpine Foreland. It exists only as a local subdistrict. Geography The highest point is th ...

: pilgrimage chapel and church on the

Hoher Peißenberg Hoher Peißenberg is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany. Location The standalone Hoher Peißenberg ("High mount Peißen") is located in the middle of the Pfaffenwinkel region, in the Bavarian Prealps, in the Weilheim-Schongau district. Its summit ...

* Kälberau: pilgrimage church of Maria zum rauhen Wind *

Kevelaer Kevelaer ( Low Rhenish: ''Käwela'') is a town in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is the largest Catholic pilgrimage location within north-western Europe. More than 1 million pilgrims, mostly from Germany and t ...

: chapel of grace, candle chapel and St Mary's Basilica *

Kippenheim Kippenheim ( gsw, label= Low Alemannic, Kibbennä) is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Kippenheim has restored its pre-war synagogue. Notable residents *Stef Wertheimer Stef Wertheimer ( he, זאב סטף ...

: pilgrimage chapel of Maria Frieden *

Klausen (Eifel) Klausen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies in th ...

: pilgrimage church of the Visitation of Mary * Kleinenberg near Lichtenau in East Westphalia: pilgrimage chapel * Koblenz-Arenberg: pilgrimage church of St. Nicholas with the Reverend Kraus' Assets (Landscape illustrated Bible) * Koblenz-Lützel: pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help *

Kößlarn Kößlarn is a municipality in the district of Passau in Bavaria in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and ...

: Marian pilgrimage (

) * Küblingen (

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

): Pilgrimage Church of St. Mary * Lautenbach: Late Gothic pilgrimage church of

Coronation of the Virgin The Coronation of the Virgin or Coronation of Mary is a subject in Christian art, especially popular in Italy in the 13th to 15th centuries, but continuing in popularity until the 18th century and beyond. Christ, sometimes accompanied by God th ...

* Leipferdingen: pilgrimage church of St. Michael * Leverkusen- Alkenrath: Gezelin Chapel *

Löffingen Löffingen is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 14 km southwest of Donaueschingen, and 40 km southeast of Freiburg. Sons and daughters of the town * Rene D Egle (born 196 ...

(

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

): Witterschneekreuz *

Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning " Ludwig's Port upon Rhine"), is a city in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the river Rhine, opposite Mannheim. With Mannheim, Heidelberg, and the surrounding region, it form ...

Oggersheim Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning " Ludwig's Port upon Rhine"), is a city in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the river Rhine, opposite Mannheim. With Mannheim, Heidelberg, and the surrounding region, it form ...

: castle and

Pilgrimage Church of St Mary of the Assumption (Ludwigshafen) A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...

- pilgrimage to the holy house of Loreto, Marche, pilgrimage site for the

Electorate of the Palatinate The Electoral Palatinate (german: Kurpfalz) or the Palatinate (), officially the Electorate of the Palatinate (), was a state that was part of the Holy Roman Empire. The electorate had its origins under the rulership of the Counts Palatine of ...

* Lünen: St Mary's Church *

Marienberg (Burghausen) Marienberg is a town in Germany. It was the district capital of the Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis (Central Ore Mountains district) in the southern part of Saxony, and since August 2008 it has been part of the new district of Erzgebirgskreis. As of ...

* Maria Gern (Berchtesgaden): Pilgrimage Church of Maria Gern *

Mainz-Gonsenheim Gonsenheim is a borough in the northwest corner of Mainz, Germany. With about 25,000 inhabitants, it is the second-most populated borough of Mainz, before Oberstadt and after Neustadt. History Protohistory The history of Gonsenheim reaches bac ...

: Nothelfer Chapel *

Maria Steinbach Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Steinbach * Marienheide: pilgrimage church of the Visitation of Mary * Marienthal (Westerwald) * Marienweiher ( Marktleugast): pilgrimage basilica the Visitation of Mary * Moosbronn: pilgrimage church Our Lady of Perpetual Help * Mussenhausen: Our Dear Lady of Mount Carmel * Neunburg vorm Wald: Mater Dolorosa (Ortsteil Katzdorf, Oberpfalz) *

Neuss Neuss (; spelled ''Neuß'' until 1968; li, Nüss ; la, Novaesium) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf. Neuss is the largest city within the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district. It ...

: Quirinusmünster (1209-1230) * Nußdorf am Inn (Bavaria): the Visitation of Mary (Kirchwald) *

Nothgottes Nothgottes (, "Need of God") is a Cistercian monastery and a pilgrimage destination above Eibingen, in Rüdesheim am Rhein, Hesse, Germany. Pilgrimages to the location date back to the 14th century, and have continued to the present day, especia ...

: Abbey near Eibingen in Rheingau, pilgrimage to the Gnadenbild Nothgottes *

Oberfell Oberfell is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Eu ...

: Pilgrimage Church of Bleidenberg and Pilgerstein, hilltop pilgrimage to Holy Trinity Church *

Ottersweier Ottersweier is a municipality in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is part of the district of Rastatt, and lies between the larger towns Bühl and Achern. Twin cities * - Westerlo, Flanders, Belgium, since 1962 * - Krauschwitz (Saxony), ...

: pilgrimage church of Maria Linden * Ottobeuren: SS. Alexander and Theodore * Pfaffen-Schwabenheim:

Stiftskirche (Pfaffen-Schwabenheim) In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons: a non-monastic or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, which may be presided over by a ...

, pilgrimage to the

Maria, Königin des Friedens Maria, Königin des Friedens (Mary, Queen of Peace) is a pilgrimage church and parish in Neviges, part of Velbert, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The pilgrimage dates back to 1676. Neviges was the home of a Franciscan monastery from 1675 until ...

, um 1750 aus dem Cologneer Karmel St. Maria vom Frieden (Cologne) geschenkt * Planegg: Maria Eich Chapel *

Raitenbuch Raitenbuch is a municipality in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after ...

: St. Blasius *

Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden Ramsau is a German municipality in the Bavarian Alps with a population of around 1,800. It is a district located in the Berchtesgadener Land in Bavaria, close to the border with Austria, 35 km south of Salzburg and 150 km south-east of ...

: Maria Kunterweg Apollinariskirche abends

Rechberg The House of Rechberg is the name of an old noble comital family in Swabia during the Holy Roman Empire period. They were sovereign counts of Rechberg and Rothenlöwen. As a mediatized house (mediatized by Württemberg in 1806), the family belo ...

near

Schwäbisch Gmünd Schwäbisch Gmünd (, until 1934: Gmünd; Swabian: ''Gmẽẽd'' or ''Gmend'') is a city in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. With a population of around 60,000, the city is the second largest in the Ostalb district a ...

: St. Maria on the Hohenrechberg *

Regensburg Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...

: Alten Kapelle or Basilica of the Nativity of Our Lady Regensburg (Kollegiatstift unserer Lieben Frau zur alten Kapelle) in Regensburg in Bavaria * Remagen: Apollinaris Church * Rengersbrunn: Statue of the Mother of God *

Reuth bei Erbendorf Reuth bei Erbendorf is a municipality in the district of Tirschenreuth in Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe afte ...

: Pilgrimage Church of St Mary of the Assumption in the village of Premenreuth *

Rieste Rieste is a municipality in the Osnabrück (district), district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Mayor In November 2011 Sebastian Hüdepohl was elected the new mayor. He is the successor of Anton Harms, who was in office since 1996. Refe ...

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): pilgrimage church of St. John the Baptist on the Lage, pilgrimage to the Lage Cross * Rohr:

Braunau in Rohr Abbey Braunau in Rohr Abbey (Kloster Braunau in Rohr) is a Benedictine monastery, formerly Rohr Abbey, a monastery of the Augustinian Canons, in Rohr in Niederbayern in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria, Germany. Rohr Abbey: First foundation The monas ...

dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Mariä Himmelfahrt) in Niederbayern in Bavaria * Rütschenhausen:

Pilgrimage Church of Maria von der Tann A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...

* Rückers, county of Fulda: Roman Catholic Church of St Mary of the Assumption * Saint Salvator ( Rauenzell,

) formerly the oldest pilgrimage of the

Diocese of Eichstätt In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

* Saint Bartholomew's: by the Königssee lake in Berchtesgaden Land * Sandizell: St. Peter Church or Asamkirche Sandizell in Schrobenhausen in Bavaria * Schmidmuehlen: Pilgrimage church of the Heiligen Dreifaltigkeit auf dem Kreuzberg *

Schönstatt (Vallendar) The Apostolic Movement of Schoenstatt (german: Schönstatt-Bewegung) is a Catholic Marian movement founded in Germany in 1914 by Fr Joseph Kentenich, who saw the movement as a means of spiritual renewal for the Catholic Church. The movement i ...

: the Schoenstatt Shrine is an ancient shrine of the

Schoenstatt Movement The Apostolic Movement of Schoenstatt (german: Schönstatt-Bewegung) is a Catholic Marian movement founded in Germany in 1914 by Fr Joseph Kentenich, who saw the movement as a means of spiritual renewal for the Catholic Church. The movement i ...

* Schongau: pilgrimage church of St Mary of the Assumption *

: pilgrimage church of St. Salvator *

Schwandorf Schwandorf is a town on the river Naab in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, which is the seat of the Schwandorf district. Sights * Catholic parish church of St. Jakob * Kreuzberg Church: Catholic parish, monastic and pilgrimage church of ...

: Pilgrimage Church of Our Dear Lady of Kreuzberg *

Scheßlitz Scheßlitz (or ''Schesslitz'') is a German town in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg and lies on the rise to the Franconian Switzerland on the A 70 between Bamberg and Bayreuth, lying 14 km northeast of the former. Geography The t ...

: pilgrimage church of Gügel *

Spaichingen Spaichingen ( Swabian: ''Spoachenga'') is a town in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 11 kilometers northwest of Tuttlingen, and 13 km southeast of Rottweil. It is 660 meters above sea level. Populati ...

: pilgrimage church on the ''Dreifaltigkeitsberg'' *

Spabrücken Spabrücken is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country ...

: pilgrimage church of the Black Madonna of Soon *

Bad Staffelstein Bad Staffelstein is a small town in the Bavarian Administrative Region of Upper Franconia in Germany. It has around 10,000 inhabitants. Bad Staffelstein is known for several landmarks, such as the Basilica of the Vierzehnheiligen designed by B ...

: Pilgrimage Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers *

Steingaden Steingaden is a town and municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district of Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is the site of the 12th-century Steingaden Abbey (''Kloster Steingaden'') and the Wies Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Geography The commu ...

Steingaden Abbey Steingaden Abbey (German: ''Kloster Steingaden'') was a Premonstratensian monastery in Steingaden in Bavaria, Germany. History Dedicated to John the Baptist, the abbey was founded in 1147 as a Premonstratensian house by Welf VI, third son of H ...

in Bavaria, Germany * Steinhausen: * Sulzbach-Rosenberg (

Upper Palatinate The Upper Palatinate (german: Oberpfalz, , ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, Germany, and is located in the east of Bavaria. Geography The Upper Palatinate is a landscape with low mountains and numerous ponds and lakes ...

): Pilgrimage Church of Annaberg *

Swisttal Swisttal is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Swisttal received its names from a brook named Swist, which flows in the middle of the municipality. Geography Swisttal is situated approximately 15 k ...

Buschhoven Buschhoven is a farming village west of Bonn, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous me ...

: Marian pilgrimage site with the "Rosa Mystica" *

Todtmoos Todtmoos is a village and municipality in the district of Waldshut in the southern part of Baden-Württemberg, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most po ...

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Black Forest The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is t ...

): pilgrimage church of Our Dear Lady of Todtmoos Birnau 2004-02

* Tuntenhausen: Papal Basilica St Mary of the Assumption *

Uhldingen-Mühlhofen Uhldingen-Mühlhofen is a town at the northern shore of Lake Constance, Germany between Überlingen and Meersburg. The town is a popular holiday destination and home to the Pfahlbauten open-air museum in Unteruhldingen and the Birnau basilica. ...

: Pilgrimage Church of Birnau * Unterkochen: Marian pilgrimage church of Unterkochen Gottfried böhm, pilgrimage church, neviges 1963-1972

Velbert Velbert ( Low Rhenish: ''Vèlbed'') is a town in the district of Mettmann, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The town is renowned worldwide for the production of locks and fittings. Geography Velbert is located on the hills of 'Niede ...

Neviges Velbert (Low Rhenish: ''Vèlbed'') is a town in the district of Mettmann, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The town is renowned worldwide for the production of locks and fittings. Geography Velbert is located on the hills of 'Nieder ...

(Mary, Queen of Peace) * Vierzehnheiligen: Basilica of the

Fourteen Holy Helpers The Fourteen Holy Helpers (german: Vierzehn Nothelfer, la, Quattuordecim auxiliatores) are a group of saints venerated together by Roman Catholic Christians because their intercession is believed to be particularly effective, especially against ...

Vilgertshofen Vilgertshofen is a municipality in the district of Landsberg in Bavaria in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russi ...

: pilgrimage church of the Dolorous Mother of God *

Volkach Volkach is a town in the district of Kitzingen in the ''Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken'' (Lower Franconia) in Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the river Main and has a population of around 8,700. History Located outside the town but inside the mu ...

: pilgrimage church of Kirchberg, Maria im Weingarten *

Waghäusel Waghäusel (, ; South Franconian: ''Woghaisl'') is a town located in the Rhine valley in the south-western state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Waghäusel consists of 3 townships which are the core town (1236 residents), Kirrlach (9347 resident ...

: Marian pilgrimage church * Waldsassen: Holy Trinity Church *

Walldürn Walldürn is a town in the Neckar-Odenwald district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 23 km southwest of Wertheim. The town of Walldürn consists of the ten districts Walldürn-Stadt, Altheim, Gerolzahn, Glashofen, Gottersdor ...

: Pilgrimage Church of the Holy Blood (

Blood miracle of Walldürn Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the Cell (biology), cells, and transports Metabolic waste, metabolic waste products away from th ...

) * Weihenlinden: pilgrimage church of the Holy Trinity * Weiler in den Bergen (near

): St. Bernhard's on the Bernhardusberg hill *

Weingarten Weingarten may refer to: Places * Weingarten, Württemberg, Germany ** Weingarten Abbey * Weingarten (Baden), Germany * Weingarten, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Weingarten, Thuringia, Germany * Weingarten, Switzerland * Weingarten, Missouri ...

Weingarten Abbey Weingarten Abbey or St. Martin's Abbey (german: Reichsabtei Weingarten until 1803, then merely ) is a Benedictine monastery on the Martinsberg (''St. Martin's Mount'') in Weingarten near Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg (Germany). First founda ...

or St. Martin’s Abbey is a Benedictine monastery on the Martinsberg near Ravensburg at Baden-Württemberg * Weltenburg: Weltenburg Abbey near Kelheim in Bavaria * Wemding: pilgrimage church of Maria Brünnlein *

Werl Werl (; Westphalian: ''Wiärl'') is a town located in the district of Soest in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Werl is easily accessible because it is located between the Sauerland, Münsterland, and the Ruhr Area. The Hellweg road ...

: Pilgrimage Basilica, dedicated to the

Visitation Visitation may refer to: Law * Visitation (law) or contact, the right of a non-custodial parent to visit with their children * Prison visitation rights, the rules and conditions under which prisoners may have visitors Music * ''Visitation'' (D ...

** Old Pilgrimage Church, dedicated to Mary *

Wieskirche The Pilgrimage Church of Wies (german: Wieskirche) is an oval Rococo church, designed in the late 1740s by brothers J. B. and Dominikus Zimmermann, the latter of whom lived nearby for the last eleven years of his life. It is located in the foothil ...

: Pilgrimage Church of the

Scourged Saviour The Flagellation of Christ, sometimes known as Christ at the Column or the Scourging at the Pillar, is a scene from the Passion (Christianity), Passion of Christ very frequently shown in Christian art, in cycles of the Passion or the larger sub ...

on the Wies in Steingaden in Bavaria designed by the brothers Johann Baptist and Domenikus Zimmermann *

Willich Willich () is a town in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is 20 km west of Düsseldorf, 14 km north of Mönchengladbach, 10 km south of Krefeld, about 30 kilometres east of the border with the Netherlands and 45 km ...

-Neersen: Little Jerusalem Church *

Bad Wilsnack Bad Wilsnack (until 1929 Wilsnack) is a small town in the Prignitz district, in Brandenburg, Germany. The former pilgrimage site of the Holy Blood of Wilsnack has been officially recognised as a spa town (''Bad'') since 1929. It is the administrati ...

: St. Nicholas' and the

Holy Blood of Wilsnack The Holy Blood of Wilsnack was the name given to three hosts, which survived a fire in 1383 that burned the church and village to the ground. The hosts were thus seen as miraculous. The relics became the destination of medieval religious pilgrim ...

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg is ...

: pilgrimage church of the Visitation of Mary

Käppele The ''Käppele'' ('Little Chapel') is the commonly used name for the ''Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Heimsuchung'' ('Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of Mary'), located on a hill above Würzburg, in Germany. (It must not be confused with the '' Mari ...

Xanten Xanten (, Low Rhenish: ''Santen'') is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the district of Wesel. Xanten is known for the Archaeological Park, one of the largest archaeological open air museums in the wor ...

: pilgrimage church of St. St Mary of the Assumption * Zell am Harmersbach: Pilgrimage Church of Maria zu den Ketten in the village of Unterharmersbach *

Zwiefalten Zwiefalten is a municipality in the district of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany located halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance. The former Zwiefalten Abbey dominates the town. The former monastery is considered one of the finest exa ...

: Pilgrimage Church of the Minster of Our Dear Lady

Gibraltar

Shrine of Our Lady of Europe The Shrine of Our Lady of Europe is a Roman Catholic parish church and national shrine of Gibraltar located at Europa Point. The church is dedicated to Our Lady of Europe, the Catholic patroness of Gibraltar. It belongs to the European Maria ...

Great Britain

Walsingham Walsingham () is a civil parish in North Norfolk, England, famous for its religious shrines in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. It also contains the ruins of two medieval Christian monasticism, monastic houses.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Exp ...

: Anglican and Roman Catholic shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham Palestinian Christian Scouts Nativity Church in Bethlehem Christmas Eve 2006

Holy Land

Bethlehem Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital o ...

Church of the Nativity The Church of the Nativity, or Basilica of the Nativity,; ar, كَنِيسَةُ ٱلْمَهْد; el, Βασιλική της Γεννήσεως; hy, Սուրբ Ծննդեան տաճար; la, Basilica Nativitatis is a basilica located in B ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Church of the Holy Sepulchre The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, hy, Սուրբ Հարության տաճար, la, Ecclesia Sancti Sepulchri, am, የቅዱስ መቃብር ቤተክርስቲያን, he, כנסיית הקבר, ar, كنيسة القيامة is a church i ...

Jericho Jericho ( ; ar, أريحا ; he, יְרִיחוֹ ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank. It is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho Gove ...

Mount of Temptation Mount of Temptation, in Palestinian Arabic ( ar, جبل لقرنطل), is a mountain over the town of Jericho in the Judean Desert, in the West Bank. Ancient Christian tradition identifies it as the location of the temptation of Jesus described ...

Nazareth Nazareth ( ; ar, النَّاصِرَة, ''an-Nāṣira''; he, נָצְרַת, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; arc, ܢܨܪܬ, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In ...

Basilica of the Annunciation : ''This article refers to the basilica in Nazareth. For information on the church associated with the Blagoveschenskaya Tower in Russia, see Kremlin towers or Cathedral of the Annunciation.'' The Church of the Annunciation ( la, Basilica Annunti ...

Sea of Galilee The Sea of Galilee ( he, יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, ar, بحيرة طبريا), also called Lake Tiberias, Kinneret or Kinnereth, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is the lowest ...

: Church of the Primacy of Saint Peter (also known as the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes) *

Mount Carmel Mount Carmel ( he, הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, Har haKarmel; ar, جبل الكرمل, Jabal al-Karmil), also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias ( ar, link=no, جبل مار إلياس, Jabal Mār Ilyās, lit=Mount Saint Elias/Elijah), is a c ...

: Stella Maris Monastery (also known as the Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel)

Ireland

* Knock: Marian pilgrimage chapel of ''Our Lady Queen of Ireland'' * Station Island, Lough Derg: St. Patrick’s Basilica Piazza Esquilino, Santa Maria Maggiore

Italy

Amalfi Amalfi (, , ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto (1,315 metres, 4,314 feet), surrounded by dramatic c ...

relics In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...

saint Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...

Assisi Assisi (, also , ; from la, Asisium) is a town and ''comune'' of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, born aroun ...

: papal basilica of

saint Francis St. Francis or Saint Francis may refer to: Roman Catholic saints *Francis of Assisi (1181–1226), Italian founder of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) *Francis of Paola (1416–1507), Italian (Calabrian) founder of the Order of the Minims * ...

Badia, South Tyrol Badia (; german: Abtei ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It is one of the five Ladin-speaking communities of the Val Badia which is part of the Ladinia region. Geography The municipal area stretches on the Gran Eg ...

: Holy Cross Church *

Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...

of saint

Bartholomew the Apostle Bartholomew (Aramaic: ; grc, Βαρθολομαῖος, translit=Bartholomaîos; la, Bartholomaeus; arm, Բարթողիմէոս; cop, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ; he, בר-תולמי, translit=bar-Tôlmay; ar, بَرثُولَماو� ...

* Loreto, Marche:

Basilica della Santa Casa The Basilica della Santa Casa ( en, Basilica of the Holy House) is a Marian shrine in Loreto, in the Marches, Italy. The basilica is known for enshrining the house in which the Blessed Virgin Mary is believed by some Catholics to have lived. Pio ...

with Black Madonna *

Manoppello Manoppello ( Abruzzese: ') is a ''comune'' in Abruzzo, in the province of Pescara, south-eastern Italy. It is famous for having a church which contains an image on a thin byssus veil, a sudarium, known as the Holy Face of Manoppello and which has ...

: ''Volto Santo'' (''Holy Face''), i.e. shroud of Jesus or

Veil of Veronica The Veil of Veronica, or (Latin for sweat-cloth), also known as the Vernicle and often called simply the Veronica, is a Christian relic consisting of a piece of cloth said to bear an image of the Holy Face of Jesus produced by other than human ...

Monte Cassino Monte Cassino (today usually spelled Montecassino) is a rocky hill about southeast of Rome, in the Latin Valley, Italy, west of Cassino and at an elevation of . Site of the Roman town of Casinum, it is widely known for its abbey, the first h ...

: the first monastery of

Benedictine , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , foun ...

monks *

Ortona Ortona (Neapolitan language, Abruzzese: '; grc, Ὄρτων, Órtōn) is a coastal town and municipality of the Province of Chieti in the Italy, Italian region of Abruzzo, with some 23,000 inhabitants. In 1943 Ortona was the site of a Battle o ...

: the

of saint

Thomas the Apostle Thomas the Apostle ( arc, 𐡀𐡌𐡅𐡕𐡌, hbo, תוֹמא הקדוש or תוֹמָא שליחא (''Toma HaKadosh'' "Thomas the Holy" or ''Toma Shlikha'' "Thomas the Messenger/Apostle" in Hebrew-Aramaic), syc, ܬܐܘܡܐ, , meaning "twi ...

* Padova: sanctuary of saint Anthony *

Pompei Pompei (; nap, Pumpeje, ) or Pompeii (, as in the name of the ancient city) is a city and commune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy, home of the ancient Roman ruins of Pompeii that are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. History ...

: Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei * Re, Piedmont: Madonna del Sangue in the

Valle Vigezzo Valle Vigezzo (Vigezzo Valley) is a valley in the Lepontine Alps in northwestern Italy on the border with Ticino, Canton Ticino of Switzerland. It forms the eastern branch of the Ossola valley. It is also called the Valle dei Pittori (Valley of ...

(Vigezzotal) * Vatican:

Saint Peter's tomb Saint Peter's tomb is a site under St. Peter's Basilica that includes several graves and a structure said by Vatican authorities to have been built to memorialize the location of Saint Peter's grave. St. Peter's tomb is alleged near the west end ...

Holy Lance The Holy Lance, also known as the Lance of Longinus (named after Saint Longinus), the Spear of Destiny, or the Holy Spear, is the lance that pierced the side of Jesus as he hung on the cross during his crucifixion. Biblical references The l ...

, grave of

John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

and many others * papal basilica

Santa Maria Maggiore The Basilica of Saint Mary Major ( it, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, ; la, Basilica Sanctae Mariae Maioris), or church of Santa Maria Maggiore, is a Major papal basilica as well as one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and the larges ...

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

icon 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 ...

of Salus Populi Romani * papal basilica

Santa Croce in Gerusalemme The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem or Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, ( la, Basilica Sanctae Crucis in Hierusalem) is a Catholic Minor basilica and titular church in rione Esquilino, Rome, Italy. It is one of the Seven Pilgrim ...

: part of

True Cross The True Cross is the cross upon which Jesus was said to have been crucified, particularly as an object of religious veneration. There are no early accounts that the apostles or early Christians preserved the physical cross themselves, althoug ...

with '' Titulus Crucis'' and

Holy Nails Relics that are claimed to be the Holy Nails with which Jesus was crucified are objects of veneration among some Christians, particularly Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox. In Christian symbolism and art, they figure among the ''Arma ...

* papal basilica

San Giovanni in Laterano The Archbasilica Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist in the Lateran ( it, Arcibasilica del Santissimo Salvatore e dei Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano), also known as the Papa ...

: '' Scala Santa'' (stairs from the palace of

Pilate Pontius Pilate (; grc-gre, Πόντιος Πιλᾶτος, ) was the fifth governor of the Roman province of Judaea, serving under Emperor Tiberius from 26/27 to 36/37 AD. He is best known for being the official who presided over the trial of J ...

) *

basilica minor In the Catholic Church, a basilica is a designation given by the Pope to a church building. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectural sense (a rectangular b ...

Santa Prassede The Basilica of Saint Praxedes ( la, Basilica Sanctae Praxedis, it, Basilica di Santa Prassede all’Esquillino), commonly known in Italian as Santa Prassede, is an early medieval titular church and minor basilica located near the papal basilic ...

: pillar upon which

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

was flogged *

Salerno Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...

: relics of saint Matthew *

Savona Savona (; lij, Sann-a ) is a seaport and ''comune'' in the west part of the northern Italy, Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea. Savona used to be one of the chie ...

: Nostra Signora di Misericordia *

Tirano Tirano ( lmo, Tiràn, german: Thiran) is a town in Valtellina, located in the province of Sondrio in northern Italy. It has 9,053 inhabitants (2016) and is adjacent to the Switzerland-Italy border. The river Adda flows through the town. Main ...

: Madonna di Tirano *

Torino Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. T ...

Shroud of Turin The Shroud of Turin ( it, Sindone di Torino), also known as the Holy Shroud ( it, Sacra Sindone, links=no or ), is a length of linen cloth bearing the negative image of a man. Some describe the image as depicting Jesus of Nazareth and bel ...

in the

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...

Varese Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the c ...

: Madonna del Monte *

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

saint Mark Mark the Evangelist ( la, Marcus; grc-gre, Μᾶρκος, Mârkos; arc, ܡܪܩܘܣ, translit=Marqōs; Ge'ez: ማርቆስ; ), also known as Saint Mark, is the person who is traditionally ascribed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark. Accor ...

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...

: Madonna del Monte Berico *

Viterbo Viterbo (; Viterbese: ; lat-med, Viterbium) is a city and ''comune'' in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It conquered and absorbed the neighboring town of Ferento (see Ferentium) in its early history. ...

: Madonna della Quercia Our Lady Of Lebanon Harissa

Lebanon

* Our Lady of Lebanon ( Harissa, Keserwan District) * Monastery of Qozhaya (Wadi Qozhaya,

Zgharta District Zgharta District ( ar, زغرتا) is a district (''qadaa'') of the North Governorate, northern Lebanon. Its capital is the city of Zgharta. Geography The administrative center is the city of Zgharta. The district has 101 populated areas with 30 ...

) * Monastery of Saint Maron (Annaya, Byblos District) - Sanctuary of

Saint Charbel Charbel Makhlouf, O.L.M. ( ar, شربل مخلوف, May 8, 1828 – December 24, 1898), born Youssef Antoun Makhlouf and venerated as Saint Charbel, was a Maronite monk and priest from Lebanon. During his life, he obtained a wide reputation for ...

* Monastery of Saint Joseph (Jrabta, Batroun District) - Sanctuary of

Saint Rafqa In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...

* Monastery of Saints Cyprian and Justina (Kfifan, Batroun District) - Sanctuary of Saint Nimatullah * Qana Al Jaleel ( Qana, Tyre District), where it is believed that

Jesus Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

performed His first miracle, transforming water into wine at the Marriage at Cana.

Latvia

* Basilica of the Assumption (Aglona)

Lithuania

* Gate of Dawn (

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

): Marian sanctuary *

Divine Mercy Sanctuary (Vilnius) The Divine Mercy Sanctuary of Vilnius or the Holy Trinity Church ( lt, Vilniaus Dievo Gailestingumo šventovė) is a shrine in Vilnius dedicated to the Divine Mercy, a devotion originated by Faustina Kowalska. History On the site of the present ...

: the first Divine Mercy image

Mexico

* Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe: very popular place of

Netherlands

Warfhuizen Warfhuizen (Gronings: ''Waarfhoezen'') is a village in province of Groningen, located in the northern part of the Netherlands. It is part of the municipality of Het Hogeland. Warfhuizen consists of two man-made mounds, called ''wierden'', desi ...

Our Lady of the Enclosed Garden The Roman Catholic hermitage of Our Lady of the Enclosed Garden is situated in the former Reformed church of Warfhuizen, a village in the extreme north of the Netherlands. It is the only Dutch hermitage currently inhabited by a hermit. The nam ...

Philippines

National Shrine of The Divine Mercy, Philippines The National Shrine and Parish of the Divine Mercy ( fil, Pambansang Dambana at Parokya ng Banal na Awa) is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to the Divine Mercy in Marilao, Bulacan, the Philippines. It was elevated to the status of National Shr ...

: dedicated to

Divine Mercy The Divine Mercy is a form of God's compassion, an act of grace based on trust or forgiveness. In Catholicism, it refers specifically to a devotion which had its origin in the apparitions of Jesus Christ reported by Faustina Kowalska. Etymolog ...

* Divine Mercy Shrine (Misamis Oriental): statue of merciful

* Simala Shrine: Sibonga Monastery of the Holy Eucharist in Cebu

Poland

Góra Świętej Anny Góra Świętej Anny (; german: Sankt Annaberg ; sli, Anaberg; szl, Świyntŏ Anna; all names meaning " Saint Anne's Mountain") is a village in the Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. The village is located on the hill from which its name d ...

: pilgrimage to the

Saint Anna According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come ...

(in

Śląsk Opolski Opole Silesia or Opolian Silesia ( pl, Śląsk Opolski, also known as ''Opolszczyzna'', german: Oppelner Schlesien, szl, Ôpolski Ślōnsk, cs, Opolské Slezsko), is a loosely defined historical region of Poland, part of Upper Silesia. Throug ...

) * Bardo: pilgrimage church of

the Visitation of Mary In Christianity, the Visitation is the visit of Mary, who was pregnant with Jesus, to Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the Baptist, in the Gospel of Luke, . It is also the name of a Christian feast day commemorating this visit, celebrate ...

(in Dolny Śląsk) *

Divine Mercy Sanctuary (Białystok) Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Białystok is a church in the district of Białostoczek at the Radzymińska Street 1. History In August 1982, the City Council received a letter asking for permission to build a church. This was requested by the reside ...

: with the grave of blessed Michał Sopoćko *

Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (admin ...

: the most popular (4,000,000 a year) Polish pilgrimage church at

Jasna Góra Jasna may refer to: Places * Jasna, a village in Poland * Jasná, a village and ski resort in Slovakia Other uses * Jasna (given name), a Slavic female given name * JASNA, the Jane Austen Society of North America See also * Yasna Yasna (;

with the miraculous image of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa *

Gidle Gidle is a village in Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gidle. It lies approximately south of Radomsko and south of the regional capital Łódź. ...

near

: Marian sanctuary * Gietrzwałd ( Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship): Marian pilgrimage in the site of apparitions * Głogowiec and

Świnice Warckie Świnice Warckie is a village in Łęczyca County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Świnice Warckie. It lies approximately west of Łęczyca and northwest of the region ...

: the place of birth and baptism of saint Faustina Kowalska * Gniezno Cathedral: with the grave of St. Adalbert of Prague (''Św. Wojciech''), a ''major patron'' of Poland * Gostyń in

Greater Poland Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; german: Großpolen, sv, Storpolen, la, Polonia Maior), is a Polish historical regions, historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed ...

: Marian sanctuary *

Góra Kalwaria Góra Kalwaria (; "Calvary Mountain", yi, גער, ''Ger'') is a town on the Vistula River in the Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is situated approximately southeast of Warsaw and has a population of around 12,109 (as of 2019). ...

in Mazovia:

calvary Calvary ( la, Calvariae or ) or Golgotha ( grc-gre, Γολγοθᾶ, ''Golgothâ'') was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was said to have been crucified according to the canonical Gospels. Since at least the early mediev ...

* Kalisz: sanctuary of

saint Joseph Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers of ...

Kalwaria Pacławska Kalwaria Pacławska () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Fredropol, within Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. It lies approximately south-west of Fredropol, s ...

near

Przemyśl Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Kalwaria Zebrzydowska () is a town in southern Poland with 4,429 inhabitants (2007 estimate). As of 1999, it is situated in Lesser Poland or Małopolska (in Polish). Previously, the town was administered within the Voivodeship of Bielsko-Biała ( ...

near

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

* Kałków-Godów near

Kielce Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the bank ...

: Marian sanctuary *

Kodeń Kodeń is a village in eastern Poland on the Bug River, which forms the border between Poland and Belarus. Administratively, it belongs to Biała Podlaska County in Lublin Voivodeship. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) calle ...

at the Bug river: Marian sanctuary *

Wawel Cathedral The Wawel Cathedral ( pl, Katedra Wawelska), formally titled the Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus, is a Roman Catholic cathedral situated on Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland. Nearly 1000 years old, it is part of the ...

with the grave of queen Jadwiga of Poland (''Królowa Jadwiga'') * Skałka in Kraków: sanctuary of Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów, a ''major patron'' of Poland *

Divine Mercy Sanctuary (Kraków) Divine Mercy Sanctuary may refer to: * Divine Mercy Sanctuary, Kraków, with the remains of saint Faustina Kowalska and the most popular Divine Mercy image by Adolf Hyła * Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy, Vilnius, with the first Divine Mercy image b ...

also known as Łagiewniki: world center of the

with the grave of saint Faustina Kowalska and the most popular version of Divine Mercy image (near by the Center of John Paul II) *

Ludźmierz Ludźmierz is a village in Poland in the Lesser Poland voivodeship, in the county of Nowy Targ. Ludźmierz is the oldest village in Podhale and is located about 85 kilometres south of Kraków. It lies approximately west of Nowy Targ and south o ...

: pilgrimage church with the Mother of God as Queen (''Gaździna'') of Podhale * Licheń Stary near Konin: very popular new Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń in the site of an apparition *

Łobżenica Łobżenica (german: Lobsens, he, לובזניצ'ה) is a town in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,211 inhabitants (2004). History Łobżenica dates back to the 11th century. It prospered due to its location between G ...

- Górka Klasztorna in Krajna: the site of Marian apparitions *

Niepokalanów Niepokalanów monastery (so called ''City of the Immaculate Mother of God'') is a Roman Catholic religious community in Teresin (42 km to the west from Warsaw), Poland founded in 1927 by Friar Minor Conventual Friar Maximilian Kolbe, who w ...

in Mazovia: sanctuary of the

Immaculata The Immaculate Conception is the belief that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception. It is one of the four Mariology, Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, meaning that it is held to be a divinely reveal ...

as well as saint Maksymilian Kolbe *

Pakość Pakość (german: Pakosch) is a town in Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 5,798 inhabitants (2004). Town Privileges were given to Pakość on 9 February 1359. The town today counts 5,798 inhabitants (2004). It is ...

near Inowrocław:

* Piekary Śląskie: the main Marian sanctuary of Górny Śląsk *

Divine Mercy Sanctuary (Płock) The Divine Mercy Sanctuary is a Roman Catholic chapel, in Poland, dedicated to the Divine Mercy devotion, originated by Faustina Kowalska. Description The chapel belongs to Zgromadzenie Sióstr Matki Bożej Miłosierdzia (the Congregation of ...

: the site of the first apparition of Divine Mercy image to saint Faustina Kowalska * Rokitno in

Lubusz Voivodeship Lubusz Voivodeship, or Lubuskie Province ( pl, województwo lubuskie ), is a voivodeship (province) in western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra Voivodeships, pursuant to the Po ...

: Marian sanctuary * Skrzatusz near Piła: Marian sanctuary * Studzianna near Radom: Marian sanctuary *

Święta Lipka Święta Lipka (; german: Heiligelinde; "Holy Linden") is a small village in the administrative district of Gmina Reszel, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northeastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Reszel, ...

( Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship): pilgrimage to Our Lady of Holy Linden in the site of apparitions * Święty Krzyż near

: sanctuary of the Holy Cross, in the past the biggest in Poland * Wadowice near

: the place of birth of

Wambierzyce Wambierzyce ( cs, Vambeřice, german: Albendorf) is a village and popular Catholic pilgrimage site in south-western Poland, in Gmina Radków, Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is situated at an altitude of 370–410 m in the pi ...

near Kłodzko: Marian pilgrimage and

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

: St. Andrew Bobola sanctuary *

Temple of Divine Providence The Temple of Divine Providence ( pl, Świątynia Opatrzności Bożej) and Pantheon of Great Poles (in Polish, Panteon Wielkich Polaków, in southern Warsaw's Wilanów district, is a principal Roman Catholic church in Poland. The backstory of i ...

: national sanctuary *

St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Warsaw Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church is a parish church in Warsaw, Poland, located at Hozjusz Street 2 near Plac Wilsona. It is the most significant church in the Żoliborz district. It is dedicated to St. Stanislaus Kostka, a 16th-century Jesuit. T ...

: the grave of blessed

Jerzy Popiełuszko Jerzy Popiełuszko ( born Alfons Popiełuszko; 14 September 1947–19 October 1984) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union in communist Poland. He was murdered in 1984 by three agen ...

* Wejherowo in

Kaszuby Kaszuby may refer to: *Kashubia pl, Kaszuby , native_name_lang = csb, de, csb , settlement_type = Historical region , anthem = Zemia Rodnô , image_map = Kashubians ...

Portugal

* Fátima: important Marian pilgrimage site * Nazaré:

Nossa Senhora da Nazaré Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Nazaré (Our Lady of Nazareth Church) is a colonial church in Luanda, Angola, built in 1664. It is located in the centre of the city, overlooking Luanda Bay. History The church was built in 1664 by Governor André Vidal ...

(Our Dear Lady of Nazareth)

Slovakia

Šaštín-Stráže Šaštín-Stráže (german: Schoßberg-Strascha, hu, Sasvár-Morvaőr, tr, Şaşvar) is a town in the Senica District, Trnava Region in western Slovakia. Originally two separate villages, now it is one of the youngest towns in Slovakia, having ...

Basilica of the Seven Sorrows of St. Mary, Šaštín In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building gave its name ...

Marianka Marianka ( hu, Máriavölgy) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Malacky District in the Bratislava region, in the foothills of the Little Carpathians. The village is the oldest pilgrimage site in Slovakia and the first pilgrimag ...

: Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary * Turzovka

Spain

* Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

Switzerland

Einsiedeln Einsiedeln () is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland known for its monastery, the Benedictine Einsiedeln Abbey, established in the 10th century. History Early history There was no permanent settlement in the area p ...

(

Schwyz The town of Schwyz (; french: Schwytz; it, Svitto) is the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The Federal Charter of 1291 or ''Bundesbrief'', the charter that eventually led to the foundation of Switzerland, can be seen at the '' ...

): Black Madonna *

Locarno , neighboring_municipalities= Ascona, Avegno, Cadenazzo, Cugnasco, Gerra (Verzasca), Gambarogno, Gordola, Lavertezzo, Losone, Minusio, Muralto, Orselina, Tegna, Tenero-Contra , twintowns =* Gagra, Georgia * Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic ...

( Tessin): pilgrimage church of

Madonna del Sasso Madonna del Sasso may refer to: *Madonna del Sasso, Piedmont, a municipality in Italy *Madonna del Sasso, Switzerland The Madonna del Sasso is a sanctuary and pilgrimage church in Orselina, above the city of Locarno in Switzerland. It is the p ...

Ziteil Ziteil is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage site which was purportedly the location of a Marian apparition in the 1500s. The chapel is located at a height of 2,429 metres above sea level, between Piz Curvér and Piz Toissa, in the canton of Graubünde ...

( Graubünden): pilgrimage church auf * Luthern Bad (

Lucerne Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...

): pilgrimage church of Maria-Heilbronn

Turkey

* House of the Virgin Mary, near Ephesos