Queen of Heaven

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Queen of Heaven is a traditional Christian title that honors the Virgin Mary as the exalted mother of Jesus and the most highly revered woman in heaven.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian honorific title
Marian title
affirmedBy Pope Pius XII
subsequent popes
associatedDoctrine Mariology
associatedWith Marian antiphons
Marian devotion
Marian hymns
Marian prayers
veneration of Mary
contrastedWith latria due to God alone
devotionalPractice Marian consecration
Marian feasts
distinguishedFrom Old Testament "queen of heaven" condemned in Jeremiah
doctrinalStatusInCatholicism taught in papal encyclicals
expressedInPrayer Hail Holy Queen
Litany of Loreto
Regina Caeli antiphon
feastAssociatedWith Feast of the Queenship of Mary
feastObservedIn Roman Catholic liturgical calendar
greekName Basilissa Ouranon
honorificFor Virgin Mary
surface form: Mother of God

Virgin Mary
surface form: Theotokos

Virgin Mary
iconographyShows Mary crowned in heaven
Mary enthroned beside Christ
Mary surrounded by angels
invokedAs Queen of Heaven self-linksurface differs
surface form: Queen of Angels

Queen of Heaven self-linksurface differs
surface form: Queen of Saints

Queen of Heaven self-linksurface differs
surface form: Queen of the Universe
latinName Regina Caeli
linkedTo Solemnity of Christ the King
surface form: Christ the King

Kingdom of Heaven
liturgicalTitle Regina Caeli
refersTo Virgin Mary
surface form: Mary, mother of Jesus
relatedConcept Coronation of the Virgin
Glorious Mysteries
surface form: Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary
religiousTradition Christianity
theologicalBasis Mary as mother of Jesus Christ
Mary’s participation in Christ’s kingship
titleEmphasizes Mary’s exalted status in heaven
Mary’s intercessory role
Mary’s spiritual motherhood of the faithful
usedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheran traditions
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
venerationType hyperdulia

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Queen of the Universe relatedTitle Queen of Heaven
Our Lady of the Transit veneratedAs Queen of Heaven
Saint Mary and Saint Botolph title Queen of Heaven
subject surface form: Saint Mary