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𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓

According to tradition, she had promised Saint James that when he needed it most in his difficult mission to the pagans in today’s Spain, she would appear to him to encourage him.

In the year 40 A.D., while praying one night on the tobrt bank, the Virgin appeared with the Child Jesus standing on a pillar and asked Saint James and his eight disciples to build a church on the site, promising that “it will stand from that moment until the end of time in order that God may work miracles and wonders through my intercession for all those who place themselves under my patronage.”

The church of Our Lady of the Pilar in Zaragoza, is the first church dedicated to Mary in history and it remains standing to this day, having survived invasions and wars – in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 three bombs were dropped on the church and none of them exploded.

Our Lady is also said to have given the small wooden statue of the apparition to Saint James which now stands on a pillar in the church.

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𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳: 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥.

𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.