Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

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The Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a famous Byzantine-style Marian image venerated in the Catholic Church, depicting the Virgin Mary holding the Child Jesus with symbols of his future Passion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine-style icon
Marian icon
religious painting
approximateDateOfOrigin 15th century
associatedReligiousOrder Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer NERFINISHED
backgroundColor gold
broughtTo Rome NERFINISHED
broughtToRomeCentury 15th century
containsSymbol Greek abbreviations for Archangel Gabriel
Greek abbreviations for Archangel Michael
Greek abbreviations for Mary and Jesus
cross
instruments of the Passion
nails
spear
sponge on a reed
depicts Archangel Gabriel NERFINISHED
Archangel Michael NERFINISHED
Child Jesus NERFINISHED
Virgin Mary
devotionalPractice weekly novena
entrustedTo Redemptorists NERFINISHED
entrustedToYear 1866
hasAlternativeName Our Lady of Perpetual Succour NERFINISHED
Our Mother of Perpetual Help NERFINISHED
The Virgin of the Passion NERFINISHED
hasArtStyle Byzantine
hasIconographicType Hodegetria NERFINISHED
liturgicalFeast 27 June
mainShrine Church of Sant’Alfonso di Liguori all’Esquilino NERFINISHED
mainShrineCity Rome NERFINISHED
mainShrineCountry Italy NERFINISHED
originRegion Crete NERFINISHED
Eastern Mediterranean
papalAct restored to public veneration by Pope Pius IX
papalInstruction “Make her known throughout the world”
patronage Redemptorists NERFINISHED
the sick
those in financial distress
those in urgent need
popularTitleOfMary Mother of Perpetual Help NERFINISHED
primaryMedium tempera on wood
religiousTradition Catholic Church NERFINISHED
Eastern Christianity NERFINISHED
showsDetail Jesus’ sandal hanging loose
showsGesture Jesus clinging to Mary
Mary pointing to Jesus
symbolizes Christ’s Passion NERFINISHED
Mary’s perpetual help to Christians
veneratedAs miraculous icon
veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches NERFINISHED
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
widelyReproduced yes

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Redemptorists usesIcon Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help