The church and its Marian shrine are under the special patronage of the popes. Some authorities claim the Salus Populi Romani image can be traced to the post-iconoclastic period of the eighth century.
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Pope approves new papal funeral rites to simplify ritual, allow for burial outside the VaticanHis desire to be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore reflects his veneration of an icon of the Virgin Mary that is located there, the Salus populi Romani (Salvation of the people of Rome). After every ...
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Italian firemen honour Madonna of Piazza di SpagnaPope Francis arrived in the afternoon to pay homage to the Blessed Mother and prayed before the icon Maria Salus Populi Romani at Saint Mary Major. He then visited Rome's Piazza di Spagna to ...
The cross and the icon of the Mary Salus Populi Romani, the two main symbols of World Youth Day, have been brought to Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul. The Archdiocese of Seoul on Nov. 29 held the event ...
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