Chapel of the Holy Oak, Oirschot
Oirschot, North Brabant, Netherlands Christianity
A heavily visited Marian pilgrimage chapel in woodland near Oirschot, associated with the Holy Oak legend and historic healing traditions.
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Our Lady of Handel Shrine
Handel, North Brabant, Netherlands Christianity
A long-established Marian pilgrimage destination in Handel, centered on a revered medieval Marian image and holy-well tradition.
Kapel in ’t Zand, Roermond
Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands Christianity
A major Roermond Marian pilgrimage church with a long documented cult history and a carefully recorded miracle tradition.
Shrine of the Martyrs of Gorcum, Brielle
Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands Christianity
A national Catholic pilgrimage shrine at Brielle commemorating the nineteen Martyrs of Gorcum killed in 1572.
Boniface Shrine, Dokkum
Dokkum, Friesland, Netherlands Christianity
Dokkum’s national Saint Boniface pilgrimage shrine, associated with the martyrdom tradition, the Boniface spring and the twentieth-century pilgrimage revival.
St John’s Cathedral, ’s-Hertogenbosch
’s-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands Christianity
The cathedral of ’s-Hertogenbosch and a major Dutch Marian pilgrimage church associated with the Sweet Mother of Den Bosch.
Shrine of Our Lady of Need, Heiloo
Heiloo, North Holland, Netherlands Christianity
A major Dutch Marian pilgrimage shrine at Heiloo with a documented late-medieval history and the Runxput devotional spring.
Basilica of Our Lady, Maastricht
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Christianity
A centuries-old Marian pilgrimage basilica in Maastricht, centered on devotion to Our Lady, Star of the Sea.
Basilica of Saint Servatius
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Christianity
A major Maastricht pilgrimage basilica built above the grave venerated as that of Saint Servatius.