Our Lady of Good Health

Our Lady of Good Health
Our Lady of Vailankanni
Holy Mother of Good Health
புனித ஆரோக்கிய அன்னை
LocationVelankanni, Tamil Nadu, India
Date16th and 17th century
WitnessYoung boy
TypeMarian apparition
ApprovalImplicitly approved by the Holy See under Pope John XXIII in 1962. Also approved on 1 August 2024 by the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) with a "nulla osta" declaration on devotion at the Vailankanni Marian shrine, which is Asia's largest Marian shrine and is visited by 20 million faithful each year.[1]
ShrineBasilica of Our Lady of Good Health, Velankanni, Tamil Nadu, India
Feast day, 8 September

Our Lady of Good Health (Tamil: ஆரோக்கிய அன்னை Ārōkkiya annai), also known as Our Lady of Vailankanni, is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by devotees. She is said to have appeared twice in the town of Velankanni, Tamil Nadu, India, in the 16th to 17th centuries.[2]