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Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata

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Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Basilica di Santa Maria Immacolata
Phone:
+39 010 839 1812

Address:
Via Assarotti, 24, 16122 Genova GE, Italy

Roman Marian churches are religious buildings dedicated to the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary. These churches were built throughout the history of the Catholic Church, and today they can be found on every continent including Antarctica. The history of Marian church architecture tells the unfolding story of the development of Roman Catholic Mariology. The construction and dedication of Marian churches is often indicative of the Mariological trends within a period, such as a papal reign. For instance, the 1955 rededication by Pope Pius XII of the church of Saint James the Great in Montreal, with the new title Mary, Queen of the World, Cathedral, was a reflection of his being called the most Marian pope. A year earlier, Pope Pius XII had proclaimed that title for the Virgin Mary in his 1954 encyclical Ad Caeli Reginam. This encyclical on the Queen of Heaven is an example of how the interplay between churches and Marian art reinforces the effect of Marian devotions.
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