Infant Jesus of Prague

Infant Jesus of Prague
Gratiosus Jesulus Pragensis
Pražské Jezulátko, Santo Niño de Praga, Divino Menino Jesus, Prager Jesulein
The image wearing its ordinary green vestment along with its present canonical crown
LocationPrague, Czech Republic
Date1556
WitnessTeresa of Ávila
María Manrique de Lara y Mendoza
Princess Polyxena of Lobkowicz
TypeWax coated wooden statue with wooden base and silver erector
ApprovalPope Leo XII
Pope Pius X
Pope Pius XI
Pope Benedict XVI
ShrineChurch of Our Lady of Victories

The Infant Jesus of Prague (Czech: Pražské Jezulátko: Spanish: Niño Jesús de Praga) is a 16th-century wax-coated wooden statue of the Child Jesus holding a globus cruciger of Spanish origin, now located in the Discalced Carmelite Church of Our Lady of Victories in Malá Strana, Prague, Czech Republic. First appearing in 1556, pious legends claim that the statue once belonged to Teresa of Ávila and was consequently donated to the Carmelite friars by Princess Polyxena of Lobkowicz in 1628.

The image is routinely clothed by the Carmelite nuns in luxurious fabrics with imperial regalia and a golden crown while his left hand holds a globus cruciger and the right hand is raised in a gesture of benediction.[1] It is venerated on Christmas and the first Sunday of May commemorating both its centenary and "episcopal coronation" in 1655.[2]

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