Our Lady of Tears | |
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Location | Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil |
Date | 1930 |
Witness | Amália de Jesus Flagelado |
Type | Marian apparition |
Approval | March 8, 1931[1] Bishop Francisco de Campos Barreto Archdiocese of Campinas |
Our Lady of Tears (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora das Lágrimas) is one of the Marian invocations attributed to the Virgin Mary. This Brazilian invocation originated in the apparitions received by Sister Amalia of Jesus Flagellated in 1930.
The apparitions appeared in the chapel of the convent of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Jesus Crucified, located in the city of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil.[2][3][4][5][6]