Walsingham

Our Lady of Walsingham

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Our Lady of Walsingham
Location	Walsingham, England
Date	1061
Witness	Richeldis de Faverches
Type	Marian apparition
Holy See approval	Pope Leo XIII Pope Pius XII
Shrine	Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham
Attributes	The Blessed Virgin Mary enthroned as Queen wearing a golden Saxon crown and golden slippers carrying the Child Jesus with the Gospel book and a Lily flower.

Our Lady of Walsingham: is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated by RomanCatholics and Anglicans associated with the reputed Marian apparitions to Richeldis de Faverches, a pious English noblewoman in 1061 in the village of Walsingham in Norfolk, England. Lady Richeldis had a building structure named The Holy House built in Walsingham which later became a shrine and place of pilgrimage.

In passing on his guardianship of the Holy House, Richeldis's son Geoffrey left instructions for the building of a priory in Walsingham. The priory passed into the care of the Canons Regular sometime between 1146 and 1174.

Pope Pius XII granted a canonical coronation to the Roman Catholic image via the Papal Nuncio, Bishop Gerald O'Hara, on 15 August 1954 with a gold crown funded by her female devotees, now venerated in the Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham.

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        Todas estas grescas han pasado entre el Rey y el Cardenal en este Almeirín, que son anejas a reyes de quince años. Por donde suplico a nuestro Señor dé a su Majestad cien años de vida porque no deje tantos estados en poder de pocos años. Pero con todo esto el Rey corre muy bien con el Cardenal porque el Cardenal le lleva amorosa y comedidamente y con buenas razones; y con los buenos servicios y asistencia que le hace, ya están en buena paz y concordia.

Fray Luis de Granada. Obras Completas  t. XIX, F.U.E. Madrid 1998, p. 47