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Oct 12, 2021 · Our Lady of the Pillar (officially in Spanish, Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza) is recognized as the first Marian apparition in history and is the only one that happened while the...
Jul 9, 2018 · St. James the Greater, on one of his apostolic journeys, preached in the Iberian Peninsula in modern-day Spain. St. James was discouraged that the pagans of that land were not responding to the Gospel and converting to Christianity. He had only a handful of converts to show for his labors.
Oct 11, 2016 · The date was October 12 in the year 40 AD. According to one account, Our Lady had previously promised St. James that she would come to his aid when he needed it the most. In fact, it was she who sent James into that region of the Roman Empire to tell the people of Hispania about her Son, Jesus.
Our Lady of the Pillar (Spanish: Nuestra Señora del Pilar) is the name given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the context of the traditional belief that Mary, while living in Jerusalem, supernaturally appeared to the Apostle James the Greater in AD 40 while he was preaching in what is now Spain.
May 13, 2022 · Mary, while living in Jerusalem, appears to St. James the apostle, who is preaching the gospel in Spain. She offers conversion “through the veneration of the Mother of God.” Our Lady of the Scapular , Cambridge, England (1251)
Mar 27, 2023 · When the saint looked up from his prayers, the Blessed Virgin stood before him upon a pillar supported by angels, and she encouraged Saint James by revealing to him the great faith that the people of Spain would possess in the future due to his sacrifices.
The first recorded Marian apparition occurred while the Blessed Virgin Mary was still on earth. According to tradition, the Apostle Saint James the Greater (brother of Saint John the Evangelist) was sent by Saint Peter to Spain to evangelize the Gentiles of that province.
