Our Lady of Good Counsel
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Our Lady of Good Counsel (Latin: Mater boni consilii) is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary, after a painting said to be miraculous, now found in the thirteenth century Augustinian church at Genazzano, near Rome, Italy. Measuring 40 to 45 centimetres (16 to 18 in) the image is a fresco executed on a thin layer of plaster no thicker than an egg shell. Over the centuries, devotions to Our Lady of the Good Counsel grew among saints and Popes, to the extent that a reference to it was added to the Litany of Loreto and the devotion spread throughout the world. Her feast day is 26 April.
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Location | Genazzano, Italy |
Date | c. 1417-1431; 606-591 years ago |
Type | fresco |
Patronage | Albania, Missionary Sisters of Saint Peter Claver, Augustinian Province of Midwest US, ParaƱaque City, Philippines, Mother of Good Counsel Minor Seminary |
Feast day | 26 April |
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