At Rome’s Santa Maria Maggiore: A New Must For 2025’s Jubilee Pilgrims
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Consecrated on August 5, 434, Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major) is the earliest Marian sanctuary in the West. It’s home to the Salus Populi Romani, the world’s most important Marian icon likely painted by St. Luke the Evangelist, and to a silver, gold and crystal reliquary containing parts of Jesus’ manger.

