Patroness of Portugal will have a national monument
The president of the Institute of the Patroness of Portugal for Mariology Studies (IPPEM), Carlos Filipe, announced today the launch of the campaign for the construction of a national monument in honor of the Patroness of Portugal, Nossa Senhora da Conceição.
Carlos Filipe, who spoke on the first day of the international congress “Woman, Mother and Queen”, taking place in Fátima until Saturday, said that there is no monument to the Patroness in Portugal, and “the first steps will now be taken so that” this is possible within three years”.
On the occasion, the Institute’s congress highlighted that the congress that began today “was an innovative society, in a challenging and possible process, civil society, the Church and the academy emerged” around a theme “perfectly”, taking into account that ” the Portuguese people have a strong Marian identity”.
In turn, the Archbishop of Évora, Francisco Senra Coelho, recalled his Lady of Conceição, a walk in the theology of the Church, supported for 375 years, proclaimed Nossa da Conceição, patron saint of Portugal “.
“Nations survive the illusion of living time and culture”, he affirmed in the history of peoples if it means to remain alive the fecundity of theirs and their fecundity, adding that “the spiritual dilution of a people will be that of identity and its celebration in a today without a future “.
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The congress marks the 375th anniversary of the Coronation of Nossa Senhora da Conceição as Patroness of Portugal and reflects “on Mariology, the representations of Mary in the art and culture of Western peoples”, being held by IPPEM, in cooperation with the Sanctuary of Fátima .
The congress intends to be “a forum for comprehensive study, in themes, visions and approaches, through different contributions related to the studies of Mariology, Theology and the Bible, Popular Religiosity, Associations of the Faithful and Religious Orders (. ..), Canon Law, Anthropology and Sociology, the Art and History of the Church, the History of Portugal and even Universal History”, according to information from the Sanctuary.
On Sunday, the 27th, in Vila Viçosa, and also within the scope of the congress programme, the exhibition of the three crowns of Our Lady in Portugal is planned – Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Vila Viçosa), Sameiro) and Fátima.
In Portugal, the 8th of December is a religious holiday, marking the day of the Immaculate Conception, national patron saint, but for many the history that began on March 25, 1646, with D. João IV is unknown.
King deeply, monarch builds “His Kingdoms and Lord Gratitude” to Our Lady of Conceição, in a sculpture existing in the church that he had heard, centuries before, Nuno Viçosa Pereira had ordered for Our Lady to have her prayers in the battles of Atoleiros (1384), Aljubarrota ( 1385) and Valverde (1386).
On that distant March 25, 1646, D. João IV placed his own crown on the image, in gratitude for having regained Portugal’s independence from the Spaniards.
In addition to being patron saint, Nossa Senhora da Conceição was the highest queen of Portugal and, from then on, no other Portuguese king or queen wore a crown on their head. The royal crown, in some circumstances, appeared on a pillow next to the monarch.
The congress “Mulher, Mãe e Rainha” was scheduled for 2021, but was postponed to this year, due to the covid-19 pandemic.