Nuestra Señora de la Merced

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Nuestra Señora de la Merced is a Spanish title for the Virgin Mary associated with mercy and redemption, particularly venerated in Catholic tradition and linked to the Mercedarian religious order.

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Label Occurrences
Nuestra Señora de la Merced canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic devotion
Marian title
Religious icon
alsoKnownAs Our Lady of Mercy
Our Lady of Ransom
associatedConcept liberation of captives
mercy
redemption
associatedReligiousOrder Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy
category Catholic spirituality
Marian devotions
Titles of Mary
countryOfOrigin Spain
devotionalPracticesInclude novenas
processions
votive offerings
devotionSpreadBy Mercedarian missionaries
Spanish colonization of the Americas
surface form: Spanish colonization
feastDay 24 September
hasMajorSanctuaryIn Barcelona
Buenos Aires
Lima
Quito
honors Virgin Mary
iconographyOftenDepicts Mary holding the Mercedarian scapular
Mary wearing a white Mercedarian habit
Mary with chains or shackles
languageOfTitle Spanish
linkedToHistoricalContext Christian–Muslim conflicts in medieval Iberia
redemption of Christian captives
linkedVirtue charity
compassion
solidarity with the suffering
liturgicalType memorial
patronage Mercedarian Order
captives
prisoners
the oppressed
religiousTradition Catholicism
shortName Mercedarian Order
symbolism Mercedarian shield
chains broken
white habit
titleEmphasizes intercession of Mary
mercy of God
veneratedIn Catholic Church worldwide
Latin America
Philippines
Spain

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Merced River namedAfter Nuestra Señora de la Merced
Our Lady of Mercy correspondsToTitle Nuestra Señora de la Merced