Knock Shrine

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Catholic pilgrimage site Marian shrine religious sanctuary

Knock Shrine is a major Roman Catholic pilgrimage site in western Ireland, renowned for an 1879 Marian apparition and its basilica complex attracting visitors from around the world.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Knock Shrine Museum	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic pilgrimage site ⓘ Marian shrine ⓘ religious sanctuary ⓘ
annualPilgrimNumbers	over 1 million ⓘ
apparitionDate	1879-08-21 ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Marian apparition at Knock ⓘ
attractsPilgrimsFrom	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ continental Europe ⓘ
country	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
diocese	Archdiocese of Tuam NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBuilding	Apparition Chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ Basilica of Our Lady of Knock NERFINISHED ⓘ Blessed Sacrament Chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ Knock Basilica NERFINISHED ⓘ Parish Church of St John the Baptist NERFINISHED ⓘ Reconciliation Chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFacility	bookshop ⓘ cafeteria ⓘ museum ⓘ pilgrim accommodation ⓘ
hasFeature	Stations of the Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ large open-air sanctuary ⓘ rosary garden ⓘ statue of Our Lady of Knock NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPrimaryDevotionTo	Blessed Virgin Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ Our Lady of Knock NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSecondaryDevotionTo	Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint John the Evangelist NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStatus	international Marian and Eucharistic shrine ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
locatedIn	Knock, County Mayo NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	western Ireland ⓘ
majorFeastDay	August 21 ⓘ Feast of Our Lady of Knock NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorPilgrimageMonth	August ⓘ
nearbyInfrastructure	Ireland West Airport Knock NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfWitnessesOfApparition	15 ⓘ
pilgrimageSeason	April to October ⓘ
recognizedAs	national Marian shrine of Ireland ⓘ
recognizedBy	Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
visitedBy	Pope Francis NERFINISHED ⓘ Pope Francis in 2018 ⓘ Pope John Paul II NERFINISHED ⓘ Pope John Paul II in 1979 ⓘ
witnessesIncluded	children ⓘ men ⓘ women ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Mayo → hasReligiousSite → Knock Shrine ⓘ

Knock → hasShrine → Knock Shrine ⓘ

Knock → hasVisitorCenter → Knock Shrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knock Shrine Museum