Our Lady of Trà Kiệu ( is the name given by Vietnamese Catholics to a

Marian apparition A Marian apparition is a reported supernatural appearance of Mary, the mother of Jesus. While sometimes described as a type of vision, apparitions are generally regarded as external manifestations, whereas visions are more often understood as ...

in a shrine built in 1898 on Bửu Châu hill east of Trà Kiệu village in Duy Sơn commune, Duy Xuyên district, Quảng Nam province,

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

. The shrine was dedicated to

Our Lady Help of Christians Mary, Help of Christians () is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, based on a devotion now associated with a feast day of the General Roman Calendar on 24 May. John Chrysostom was the first to describe this title, in 345 AD. Don Bosco ...

in remembrance of the Virgin Mary's help in the Catholic resistance to the Cần Vương movement at this location in 1885. On May 31, 1971, Bishop Phêrô Maria Phạm Ngọc Chi selected Trà Kiệu as the location of the Marian Center of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Đà Nẵng. The diocese organizes an annual Our Lady of Trà Kiệu Festival on May 31.

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{{Catholic-stub Trà Kiệu Trà Kiệu History of Catholicism in Vietnam Vietnamese Roman Catholic saints Trà Kiệu 1898 in Vietnam

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