List of Black Madonnas Black Madonna

1 list of black madonnas

1.1 africa
1.2 asia

1.2.1 japan
1.2.2 philippines


1.3 europe

1.3.1 belgium
1.3.2 croatia
1.3.3 czechia
1.3.4 france
1.3.5 germany
1.3.6 hungary
1.3.7 ireland
1.3.8 italy
1.3.9 kosovo
1.3.10 lithuania
1.3.11 luxembourg
1.3.12 macedonia
1.3.13 malta
1.3.14 poland
1.3.15 portugal
1.3.16 romania
1.3.17 russia
1.3.18 serbia
1.3.19 slovenia
1.3.20 spain
1.3.21 switzerland
1.3.22 turkey
1.3.23 ukraine
1.3.24 united kingdom


1.4 americas

1.4.1 brazil
1.4.2 chile
1.4.3 costa rica
1.4.4 cuba
1.4.5 trinidad , tobago

list of black madonnas
africa

algeria, algiers: our lady of africa
senegal, popenguine: notre-dame de la délivrance ,
south africa, soweto: black madonna ,


our lady of guidance, manila


asia
japan

tsuruoka city, yamagata prefecture: tsuruoka tenshudô catholic church features black madonna statue given france during meiji period

the philippines

antipolo, rizal: nuestra señora de la paz y buen viaje de antipolo (our lady of peace , voyage of antipolo)
ermita, city of manila: nuestra señora de guia (our lady of guidance)
lapu-lapu, cebu: nuestra señora de la regla (our lady of rule)
naga, camarines sur: nuestra señora de peñafrancia (our lady of peñafrancia)
piat, cagayan: nuestra señora de la visitación de piat (our lady of piat)

europe
belgium

brugge, our lady of regla
brussels : de zwerte lieve vrouwo , st. catherine church
halle (flemish brabant) : sint-martinusbasiliek
liège: la vierge noire d outremeuse,
lier: onze lieve vrouw ter gratien
scherpenheuvel-zichem: our lady of scherpenheuvel
tournai: our lady of flanders in tournai cathedral
verviers: black virgin of recollects , notre-dame des récollets church,
walcourt: (notre-dames de walcourt)


marija bistrica


croatia

marija bistrica: our lady of bistrica, queen of croatia

czechia

brno: assumption of virgin mary minor basilica, st thomas s abbey, brno
prague: madonna of breznice; black madonna in church our lady under chain; black madonna on house of black madonna.

france

aix-en-provence, (bouches-du-rhône): notre-dame des graces, cathédrale saint-sauveur d aix
arconsat: (notre-dame des champs)
aurillac, (cantal): notre-dame des neiges
beaune: our lady of beaune
besançon: our lady de gray
besse-et-saint-anastaise,(puy-de-dôme): saint-andré church, notre-dame de vassivière
bourg-en-bresse,(ain): 13th century
chartres,(eure-et-loir): crypt of cathedral of chartres, notre-dame-de-sous-terre
clermont-ferrand, (puy-de-dôme)
cusset: black virgin of cusset
dijon, (côte-d or)
douvres-la-délivrande, basilique notre-dame de la délivrande, notre-dame de la délivrande
dunkerque, (nord) : chapelle des dunes
guingamp, (côtes-d armor): basilica of notre dame de bon secours.
la chapelle-geneste, (haute-loire: notre dame de la chapelle geneste
laon,(aisne): notre-dame cathedral, statue of 1848


vierge noire de graville (le havre)



the statue of black virgin @ rocamadour



le havre,(seine-maritime): statue near graville abbey (abbaye de graville)
le puy-en-velay: in 1254 when passing through on return holy land saint louis ix of france gave cathedral ebony image of blessed virgin clothed in gold brocade (notre-dame du puy). destroyed during revolution, replaced @ restoration copy continues venerated.
liesse-notre-dame, (aisne): notre-dame de liesse, statue destroyed in 1793, copy of 1857
marseille,(bouches-du-rhône): notre-dame-de-confession, abbey of st. victor ; notre-dame d huveaune, saint-giniez church
mauriac, cantal: notre dame des miracles
mende, (lozère) : cathedral (basilique-cathédrale notre-dame-et-saint-privat de mende)
menton, (alpes-maritimes): st. michel church
meymac abbey, (corrèze)
molompize: notre-dame de vauclair
mont-saint-michel: notre-dame du mont-tombe
myans, (savoie)
quimper,(finistère): eglise de guéodet, nommée encore notre-dame-de-la-cité
riom,(puy-de-dôme): notre-dame du marthuret
rocamadour, (lot): our lady of rocamadour
sainte marie (réunion) : black virgin river rains (fr)
saintes-maries-de-la-mer (camarque) avignon: annual gypsy festival celebrating sara, patron saint of gypsys
soissons (aisne): statue of 12th century
tarascon, (bouches-du-rhône): notre-dame du château
thuret,(puy-de-dôme)


black madonna of toulouse



toulouse: basilica notre-dame de la daurade in toulouse, france had housed shrine of black madonna. original icon stolen in fifteenth century, , first replacement burned revolutionaries in 1799 on place du capitole. icon presented today 1807 copy of fifteenth century madonna. blackened hosts of candles, second madonna known sixteenth century our lady la noire.
tournemire, château d anjony, our lady of anjony
vaison-la-romaine, (vaucluse): statue on hill
vichy, (allier): saint-blaise church

germany

altötting (bavaria): gnadenkapelle (chapel of miraculous image)
beilstein (rhineland-palatinate): karmeliterkirche st. joseph
bielefeld (north rhine-westphalia)
düsseldorf-benrath (north rhine-westphalia): pfarrkirche st. cäcilia
hirschberg der bergstraße (baden-württemberg): wallfahrtskirche st. johannes baptist
schloss hohenstein, upper franconia (bavaria)
köln (nord rhein westfalen): st. maria in der kupfergasse
ludwigshafen-oggersheim (rhineland-palatinate): schloss- und wallfahrtskirche mariä himmelfahrt (ludwigshafen)
mainau (baden-württemberg): schlosskirche st. marien
munich (bavaria): theatine church; st. boniface s abbey
rastatt (baden-württemberg): einsiedelner kapelle
regensburg (bavaria): regensburg cathedral
remagen (rhineland-palatinate): kapelle schwarze madonna
spabrücken (rhineland-palatinate)
stetten ob lontal, niederstotzingen (baden-württemberg)
windhausen in boppard-herschwiesen (rhineland-palatinate)
wipperfürth (north rhine-westphalia): st. johannes, kreuzberg
wuppertal-beyenburg (north rhine-westphalia)

hungary

szeged: saint nicholas serbian orthodox church, szeged

st. matthew s church

ireland

dublin (leinster): our lady of dublin in whitefriar street carmelite church

italy

tindari madonna bruna: restoration work in 1990s found medieval statue later additions. nigra sum sed formosa, meaning black beautiful (from song of songs, 1:5), inscribed round newer base.



biella (piedmont): black virgin of oropa, sanctuary of oropa
canneto valley near settefrati (lazio): madonna di canneto
casale monferrato (piedmont): our lady of crea. in hillside sanctuary @ crea (santuario di crea), cedar-wood figure, said 1 of 3 black virgins brought italy holy land c. 345 st. eusebius.
castelmonte, prepotto (friuli-venezia giulia)
loreto (marche): basilica della santa casa
naples (campania): santuario-basilica ss carmine maggiore
positano (campania): located in church of santa maria assunta, story of how got there—sailors shouting posa, posa! ( put down, put down! )—gave town name.
san severo (apulia): la madonna del soccorso (the madonna of succor), st. severinus abbot , saint severus bishop faeto. statue in gold garments, object of major three-day festival attracts on 350,000 people small town. infant jesus white.
seminara (calabria): maria santissima dei poveri
tindari (sicily): our lady of tindari
venice (veneto): madonna della salute, santa maria della salute
viggiano (basilicata)

kosovo

vitina-letnica: church of black madonna, mother teresa believed have heard calling.

lithuania

vilnius: our lady of gate of dawn

luxembourg

esch-sur-sûre
luxembourg: luxembourg-grund

macedonia

kališta, monastery: madonna icon in nativity of our holy mother of god church
ohrid, church: madonna child

malta

Ħamrun: our lady of atoċja, medieval painting brought malta merchant in year 1630, depicting statue found in atocha, parish in madrid, spain, , known il-madonna tas-samra. (this can mean tanned madonna , brown madonna , or madonna of samaria .)

poland

częstochowa: our lady of czestochowa

in united states, national shrine of our lady of czestochowa, in doylestown, pennsylvania houses reproduction of black madonna of częstochowa. second shrine our lady of częstochowa located near eureka, missouri.
in israel there 2 reproductions of black madonna of częstochowa: 1 in st. peter s church in tel aviv, , in abbey of dormition in jerusalem.



portugal

nazaré (oeste subregion): nossa senhora da nazaré; see: legend of nazaré

romania

ghighiu: maica domnului siriaca - manastirea ghighiu
cacica: madona neagra - biserica cacica
bucuresti: madona neagra - biserica dichiu

russia

kostroma (kostroma oblast): theotokos of st. theodore known our lady of st. theodore (Федоровская Богоматерь), in theophany monastery

our lady of wladimir 12th century. russia

serbia

apatin (vojvodina): blessed virgin mary catholic church

slovenia

koprivna, Črna na koroškem: st. anne s church, koprivna—the altar of black madonna

spain

image of virgin of candelaria, in basilica of candelaria (tenerife).



andújar (province of jaén): nuestra señora de la cabeza (our lady of cabeza), named after mountain, cerro de la cabeza or cerro de cabezo.
chipiona (province of cádiz): la virgen de regla or nuestra señora de regla (our lady of regla or virgin of regla), considered custodian of rule of saint augustine
coria (province of cáceres): virgen de argeme (our lady of argeme)
el puerto de santa maría (province of cádiz): virgen de los milagros (the virgin of miracles)
guadalupe (province of cáceres): nuestra señora de guadalupe (our lady of guadalupe, extremadura)
jerez de la frontera (province of cádiz): nuestra señora de la merced (our lady of mercy)
madrid (community of madrid): nuestra señora de atocha (our lady of atocha)
lluc, majorca (balearic islands): mare de déu de lluc (our lady of lluc), lluc monastery
monistrol de montserrat (catalonia): mare de déu de montserrat (virgin of montserrat) or la moreneta in benedictine abbey of santa maria de montserrat
ponferrada (province of león): virgen de la encina (our lady of holm oak)
salamanca (province of salamanca): virgen de la peña de francia (the virgin of france s rock, named after local mountain called peña de francia)
santiago de compostela (galicia): ...
tenerife (canary islands): nuestra señora de la candelaria (virgin of candelaria), or la morenita
toledo (province of toledo): virgen morena (dark virgin), statue of la esclavitud de nuestra señora del sagrario in cathedral of toledo (catedral primada de santa maría) (the enslavement of our lady of tabernacle)
torreciudad (huesca): our lady of torreciudad
etc.

switzerland

einsiedeln (canton of schwyz): our lady of hermits
sonogno, valle verzasca (canton of ticino): santa maria loretana
uetikon upon lake (canton of zürich): catholic church saint francis of assisi
metzerlen-mariastein (canton of solothurn): mariastein abbey
ascona (canton of ticino): black chapel
lugano (canton of ticino): chiesa di santa maria di loreto


one of 3 of turkey s surviving icons of theotokos on island of heybeliada @ theological school of halki


turkey

three icons portraying theotokos black skin survived in turkey present day, 1 of housed in church of halki theological seminary.

ukraine

tsarytsya karpat (hoshiv monastery): queen of carpathian land

united kingdom

st mary willesden (our lady of willesden): original shrine of our lady of willesden. website

the americas
brazil

nossa senhora aparecida



aparecida,(são paulo): our lady of aparecida or our lady appeared (nossa senhora aparecida or nossa senhora da conceição aparecida) in basilica of national shrine of our lady of aparecida

chile

andacollo,(elqui province): la virgen morena (spanish brunette virgin)

costa rica

cartago,(cartago province): basílica de nuestra señora de los Ángeles (our lady of angels basilica)

cuba

regla,(havana province): nuestra señora de regla (spanish our lady of regla)

trinidad , tobago

siparia : la divina pastora