Marian apparitions of 1877

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The Marian apparitions of 1877 are reported visions of the Virgin Mary experienced by young girls in the village of Gietrzwałd in what is now Poland, later recognized by the Catholic Church as worthy of belief.

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Marian apparitions of 1877 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic religious event
Marian apparition
hasAlternativeName Apparitions of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd
hasCentury 19th century
hasContext period of Germanization policies in partitioned Poland
hasCountryAtTime Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
hasCurrentCountry Poland
hasDenomination Roman Catholicism
hasDevotionalOutcome development of Gietrzwałd as a pilgrimage site
growth of Marian devotion in Warmia
hasEcclesiasticalProvince Archdiocese of Warmia
hasEndTime 1877-09-16
hasLanguageOfMessages Polish
hasLiturgicalFeast Feast of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd
hasLocation Gietrzwałd
Poland
Warmia
hasLocationAtTime German Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
hasMainSeerAgeAtTime 13
hasMessageContent assurance of Mary’s intercession
encouragement to trust in God
hasNumberOfApparitions over 160
hasNumberOfVisionaries 2
hasOtherSeerAgeAtTime 12
hasPapalActingAuthority Pope Pius XI
hasPapalRecognition Papal coronation of the image of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd
hasPilgrimageStatus national Marian shrine of Poland
hasPrimaryTitleOfMary Our Lady of Gietrzwałd
hasRecognitionDate 1977
hasRecognitionType worthy of belief
hasRecognizingAuthority Bishopric of Warmia
linked to: Diocese of Warmia

Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
hasRecognizingBishop Bishop Józef Drzazga
hasReligiousOrderConnection Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent de Paul
hasShrine Sanctuary of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd
hasSignificance only officially approved Marian apparition in Poland
hasStartTime 1877-06-27
hasTheme call to prayer
conversion
penance
perseverance in the Catholic faith
recitation of the Rosary
hasTypeOfVisionaries young girls
hasVisionary Barbara Samulowska
Justyna Szafryńska
hasYear 1877
recognizedAsWorthyOfBelief Yes

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Gietrzwałd hasEvent Marian apparitions of 1877