Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary – La Naval de Manila | |
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Location | Quezon City, Philippines |
Date | 1593, 1646 |
Type | Ivory, wood statue |
Approval | Pope Pius X 5 October 1907 Pope Paul VI 13 October 1973 |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Shrine | National Shrine of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Quezon City, Philippines |
Patronage | Philippine Navy Quezon City |
Feast day | Second Sunday of October |
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary – La Naval de Manila (Spanish: Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario - La Naval de Manila; Tagalog: Mahal na Ina ng Santo Rosaryo ng La Naval de Manila) is a venerated title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with the same image in the Philippines. Pious believers believe that the Virgin's intercession under this title helped to defeat the invading forces of the Protestant Dutch Republic during the Battles of La Naval de Manila in 1646.
The Philippine government in 2012 designated the icon and its shrine as a National Cultural Treasure, making it one of the country's Cultural Properties.[1]