Our Lady of the Cape Shrine (Notre-Dame-du-Cap)
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada Christianity
Nationally important Marian pilgrimage sanctuary in the Cap-de-la-Madeleine district of Trois-Rivières.
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Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal
Montréal, Quebec, Canada Christianity
Major Montréal pilgrimage sanctuary dedicated to Saint Joseph and closely associated with Saint Brother André.
Saint Joseph Shrine, Smakt
Smakt, Limburg, Netherlands Christianity
A distinctive Dutch Saint Joseph pilgrimage shrine in Smakt, founded in 1699 and especially busy during the March devotion.
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.
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.
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.
Sanctuary of Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres
São José, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, Autonomous Region of the Azores, Portugal Christianity
The principal Azorean devotion of Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, centred on the Esperança convent and an annual pilgrimage tradition more than…
Sanctuary of Penha
Penha - Costa, Guimarães, Braga District, Portugal Christianity
A modern Catholic sanctuary on Penha hill above Guimarães, designed by José Marques da Silva and inaugurated in 1947 after a long…
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Piety (Mãe Soberana)
Loulé, Faro District, Portugal Christianity
The Algarve’s largest Marian sanctuary, centred on a 1553 hermitage and the major post-Easter Mãe Soberana pilgrimage of Loulé.