Catholic Shrines

Catholic shrines are sites that Roman Catholics consider sacred and to which they make religious pilgrimages. Catholic shrines include historical sites associated with Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and various saints; the locations of relics associated with Christ or a saint; and the sites of visions, miracles or miraculous statues. This category includes all the Catholic pilgrimage sites profiled by Sacred Destinations so far.

Shrines of Relics and Saints Aachen, Germany (Christ and Virgin Mary relics)Ars, France (John Vianney)Autun, France (Lazarus)Avila, Spain (Teresa) Bruges, Belgium (Holy Blood of Christ)Budapest, Hungary (King St. Stephen)Canterbury, England (Thomas Becket)Chartres, France (Virgin Mary relic)Cologne, Germany (Three Magi)Durham, England (Cuthbert and Bede)Goa, India (Francis Xavier)Gurk, Switzerland (Hemma)Iona, Scotland (Columba)Larnaca, Cyprus (Lazarus)Lincoln, England (Hugh)London, England (Edward the Confessor)Mont St-Michel, France (Archangel Michael)Monte Sant'Angelo, Italy (Archangel Michael)Oxford, England (Frideswide)Poitiers, France (Hilary)Rome, Italy (Cecilia)Rome, Italy (Peter)Rome, Italy (Paul)San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy (Padre Pio)Santiago de Compostela, Spain (James the Greater)St Davids, Wales (David)Tours, France (Martin)Trier, Germany (Holy Robe of Christ)Vézelay, France (Mary Magdalene)Vienna, Austria (Stephen)York, England (Margaret Clitherow)
Eucharistic Miracles Austria: Seefeld Portugal: Santarem

Biblical/Historical Sites Israel/Palestine: Bethlehem: Church of the Nativity Israel/Palestine: Capernaum: House of St. Peter Israel/Palestine: Jerusalem: Church of the Holy Sepulchre Israel/Palestine: Nazareth: Church of Annunciation Italy: Rome: Domine Quo Vadis Chapel Italy: Rome: Mamertine Prison Turkey: Ephesus: House of the Virgin Mary
Marian Shrines: Apparitions & Miraculous Images Absam, Austria (miraculous image)Copacabana, Bolivia (miraculous statue)Czestochowa, Poland (miraculous image)Einsiedeln, Switzerland (miraculous statue)El Cobre, Cuba (miraculous statue)Fatima, Portugal (apparition )La Salette, France (apparition)Loreto, Italy (miraculous house)Lourdes, France (apparition)Maria Plain, Austria (miraculous statue)Mariazell, Austria (miraculous statue)Medjugorje, Bosnia & Herzegovina (apparition)Mexico City, Mexico (vision and miraculous image)Montserrat, Spain (miraculous image)Paris, France (apparition)Rocamadour, France (miraculous statue)Seidnaya, Syria (miraculous image)Seville, Spain ( image of La Macarena)Toledo, Spain (miraculous statue
Other Bolivia: Cochabamba (Christ of the Tears)

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