| Our Lady of Arabia | |
|---|---|
 Depiction of the canonically crowned image. | |
| Location | Al Ahmadi, Kuwait |
| Witness | Bishop Teofano Stella, OCD |
| Approval | Pope Pius XII Pope John XXIII |
| Shrine | Our Lady of Arabia Parish, Ahmadi, Kuwait |
Our Lady of Arabia (Latin: Domina Nostra de Arabia) is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary holding a Rosary and the Child Jesus, as venerated in Kuwait and Bahrain by its faithful devotees.[1] Under this venerated Marian title, she is designated as the patroness of the Apostolic Vicariates of Northern and Southern Arabia.[1]
Pope Pius XII decreed the Marian title as Patroness of Kuwait via Regnum Mariæ on 25 January 1957. Pope John XXIII granted a canonical coronation to the venerated image on 9 January 1960. The rite of coronation was executed by the former Archbishop of Bombay, Cardinal Valerian Gracias, on 25 March 1960.[2]
On 5 January 2011, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments proclaimed her patroness of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia and designated the feast of the image on the Saturday preceding the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, with the permission to celebrate it also on Friday or Sunday.[2][3]
- ^ a b friargaspar. "Solemnity of Our Lady of Arabia |". Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ a b "PERPETUAL NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF ARABIA". www.avona.org. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "PERPETUAL NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF ARABIA". www.avona.org. Retrieved 18 January 2020.