Virgin Collection (page 22)

The Grotto at Lourdes
Pilgrims gather at the Grotto where Bernadette Soubirous met the Virgin Mary : probably no other riverside rock has attracted so many visitors !

St Zeno / I Morando
SAINT ZENO Africa-born bishop of Verona, author of a book about Marys virgin birth : he opposes the Arian heresy but builds a basilica

Dragon Hunt Series - 2
The knight kneels in a chapel, praying to the Virgin Mary for strength and courage in his forthcoming fight with the evil monster

Willesden Church
Willsdon Church, Middlesex. The church was first mentioned in 1181 but wasn t recorded as St. Marys until around 1280. By 1500s was known for its shrine to the Virgin Mary

The Annunciation
THE ANNUNCIATION: the angel carrying a lily, symbolic flower of the Annunciation, tells the Virgin Mary that Jesus will be her son

Roman Martyr & Saint
Saint CECILIA virgin, martyr & musician

Marys Birth
Saint Anne gives birth to Mary - like the nativity of Jesus, this too is a virgin birth, ensuring that Mary is born without the taint of original sin

Vision at Lourdes
The scene at the Grotte de Massabieille when Bernadette Soubirous, gathering firewood with friends, sees the figure of a young female, later identified as the Virgin

At the Piscines
Pilgrims outside les piscines - the bathing houses where the sick can plunge into the waters of the miraculous healing spring revealed by the Virgin to Bernadette

Place De LA Basilique
Pilgrims make their way across the Place de la Basilique to the Basilica which the Virgin Mary commissioned to be built in her honour

Drinking the Water
Pilgrims drink the water from the miraculous healing spring which the Virgin Mary revealed to Bernadette in 1858

Waiting to Bathe
Pilgrims wait to bathe in the miraculous waters from the spring which the Virgin Mary revealed to Bernadette

Church Cashes In
The Catholic Church cashes in on Lourdes, offering cures (65 years of success !), the story of Bernadette, and the only brand of candles officially approved by the Virgin Mary

Fiddler of Mainz
When a statue of the Virgin in Mainz cathedral gives a poor fiddler her shoe, he is nearly hanged for stealing, fortunately she gives him the second in full public view

Miracle / Becket
Thomas a Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, in exile at Sens, is visited by the Virgin Mary who gives him some oil which has been used ever since at English coronations

Coronation Oil
The Holy Oil used to crown English sovereigns was given to Thomas a Becket by the Virgin Mary, hidden, found during the 100 Years War, and first used by Henry IV

Mary as Young Mother
Virgin mother of Jesus; depicted as a young mother

Mary as Patron
Virgin mother of Jesus; depicted as the patron saint of bosses and masons

Virgin Mary / Birth 1C
Virgin mother of Jesus; depicted in the process of being born - her birth, likewise, was a virgin birth

Mary [Raffaello]
Virgin mother of Jesus; with Saint Sixtus

Mary [Ivory Statue]
Mother of Jesus, whom she is shown holding

LA Salette / Souvenirs
The Basilica erected at the site of Melanie Calvat and Maximin Girards encounter with the Virgin Mary

Book of Magic
A specimen of the Book of Spirits to be made of virgin Vellum

Price on Brocken
On the traditional magic site of the Brocken, Germany, Harry Price, accompanied by Joad, wonders if a goat will change into a beautiful young man by the power of a virgin

Bernadette / Postcard
Bernadette Soubirous, while gathering firewood, sees the Virgin Mary in the rocky grotto at Lourdes

Fairy Departure
Problems with inter-racial marriage - a fairy bride has to leave her husband when he utters the name of the Virgin Mary

Levitation / Humile
When Brother Humile di Bisignano (died 1631) sees a vision of the Virgin and child, he is levitated

Churchmen & Mary
Even the mightiest of churchmen fall on their knees before the Virgin and Child

Mary in Elizabeths Home
Mary in the house of Elizabeth

Bernadette / Vision / Laugee
Bernadette Soubirous, while gathering firewood, suddenly sees the Virgin Mary in the grotto

Communards desecrating a statue of the Virgin Mary
In a Paris church, shameless communards desecrate a statue of the Virgin Mary

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