Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario de Manaoag Birhen ng Rosaryo ng Manaoag |
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The ivory, bejewelled image of Our Lady of Manaoag, inside the main retablo of the shrine.
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Location |
Manaoag, Pangasinan Philippines |
Date | 1610 |
Witness | unnamed man |
Type | Marian apparition |
Holy See approval |
Pope Pius XI Pope Benedict XVI |
Shrine |
Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Manaoag, Manaoag, Pangasinan Philippines |
Our Lady of Manaoag (formal title: Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag; Spanish: Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario de Manaoag) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in Manaoag, Pangasinan, the Philippines.
The ivory image which bears its title dates from the 16th century and is presently enshrined within the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag. The shrine is a major pilgrimage site in the country and is administered by the Order of Preachers within the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.
Pope Pius XI granted a Canonical Coronation to the image on 21 April 1926, while Pope Benedict XVI raised her sanctuary in equal indulgences to Basilica of Saint Mary Major on 21 June 2011. Under this Marian title, the Blessed Virgin Mary is invoked as patroness of the sick, helpless and needy, The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag is celebrated on two feast days: the third Wednesday after Easter and first Sunday of October.
Tradition holds the town of Manaoag was derived from the Pangasinense verb mantaoag, which means "to call" (from the root taoag, "call").
The statue of Our Lady of Manaoag is a 17th-century ivory image of the Virgin Mary with The Child Jesus enshrined at the high altar of the Basilica. It was brought to the Philippines from Spain via the Manila galleon from Acapulco, Viceroyalty of New Mexico, in the early 17th century by the priest Juan de San Jacinto.