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{{Short description|Patroness of Brazil}}
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|name = Our Lady of Aparecida Our Lady of Imaculate Conception of Aparecida
|feast_day = October 12<ref name="patron" />
|venerated_in = [[Catholic Church]]
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|attributes = Mantle, crown, stars
|patronage = [[Brazil]] and [[Brazilian people]],<ref name="patron" /> [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aparecida]], [[World Youth Day 2013]], expectant mothers, newborn children, rivers and the sea, gold, honey, beauty<ref name="naza">[http://www.mariedenazareth.com/3011.0.html?&L=1 Our Lady of Aparecida profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731003148/http://www.mariedenazareth.com/3011.0.html?&L=1 |date=July 31, 2013 }} at the Mary of Nazareth Project.</ref>
|major_shrine = [[Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida]], [[Brazil]]
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|issues = (1978) Theft and vandalism by [[Protestantism|Protestant]] intruder (1995); [[Chute na santa incident|Public insults and televised vandalism]] by a [[UCKG]] minister
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'''Our Lady of Aparecida''' ("Our Lady, the Appeared"), ({{lang-pt|Nossa Senhora Aparecida}} or ''Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida'') is a title of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary]] associated with the [[Immaculate Conception]].

Her image, a clay statue, is widely venerated by [[Brazil]]ian [[Catholics]], who consider her as the principal [[patroness]] of Brazil.<ref name="patron" /> Historical accounts state that the statue was originally found by three fishermen who miraculously caught many fish after invoking the Blessed Virgin Mary. The statue is currently housed in the [[Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida|Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida]] in [[Aparecida]], [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], Brazil.

Colonial documents and [[papal bull]]s have referred to the image as ''Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida''. The feast day of Our Lady Aparecida in the [[Roman Rite]] is on October 12, which is also a [[public holiday]] in Brazil since 1980. The building in which the image is venerated was granted the title of a [[minor basilica]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in 1980, and is the largest [[Shrines to the Virgin Mary|Marian shrine]] in the world,<ref name="NCR">Allen, John. [http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/look-ahead-benedict-brazil "A look ahead to Benedict in Brazil"]. National Catholic Reporter. May 3, 2007</ref> being able to hold up to 45,000 worshippers.<ref name="reuters" />

Controversy about the statue was ignited in May 1978 by an intruder who stole the clay statue, which  was smashed as he was apprehended, from its shrine, and again in 1995, when an evangelical minister insulted and vandalized a copy of the statue on Brazilian national television, specifically on [[RecordTV|Rede Record]], in what became known as the [[Chute na santa incident]].

The following papal documents concern the famed statue:

* [[Pope Leo XIII]] mentioned the Brazilian devotion in 1903
* [[Pope Pius X]] granted a [[canonical coronation]] to the image on 8 December 1904
* [[Pope Pius XI]] declared Mary under this title Patroness of Brazil through a papal bull of 16 July 1930, signed by [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] [[Eugenio Pacelli]]
* [[Pope Paul VI]] granted the image her first [[golden rose]] on 12 August 1967 
* [[Pope John Paul II]] consecrated her new shrine and on the same date raised it to the rank of [[minor basilica]] on 4 July 1980<ref name="thomas">{{cite news| title=Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil| url=http://www.catholicvoice.ie/features/2009/07/19/our_lady_of_aparecida_brazil| work=Catholic Voice| author=William Thomas| date=July 19, 2009| publisher=CatholicVoice.ie| access-date=February 22, 2013| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323012623/http://www.catholicvoice.ie/features/2009/07/19/our_lady_of_aparecida_brazil| archive-date=March 23, 2013| df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="vatican.va">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/1980/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19800704_aparecida-brazil_en.html|title = 4 July 1980, Mass in the Basilica of Aparecida &#124; John Paul II}}</ref>
* [[Pope Benedict XVI]] granted the image her second golden rose on 12 May 2007
* [[Pope Francis]] granted the third golden rose on 9 October 2017, honoring the 300th anniversary of the devotion<ref name="rosafrancisco">{{cite web|url=http://www.a12.com/santuario/noticias/papa-francisco-concede-terceira-rosa-de-ouro-ao-santuario-nacional|title=Papa Francisco concede terceira Rosa de Ouro ao Santuário Nacional|publisher=a12.com|access-date=9 October 2017}}</ref>

==History==
According to the account of the discovery of the statue in October 1717, Dom Pedro de Almeida, [[Count of Assumar]] and Governor of the Province of [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]] and [[Minas Gerais]], was passing through the area of [[Guaratinguetá]], a small city in the [[Paraíba do Sul|Paraíba river]] valley,<ref name=dayton>{{Cite web |url=http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/engone.html |title="Brazil: Our Lady "Aparecida" (who appeared)", Marian Titles in the Popular Religiosity of Latin America, Univ. of Dayton |access-date=March 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103081908/http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/engone.html |archive-date=January 3, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> during a trip to [[Ouro Preto|Vila Rica]], an important gold mining site.

As the people of Guaratinguetá decided to hold a feast in his honour, three fishermen, Domingos Garcia, João Alves, and Filipe Pedroso went down to the Paraíba waters to fish. The fishermen prayed to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception that God would grant a good catch. The fishermen, having a run of bad luck, cast their nets in the River Paraiba and dragged up a headless statue of the Virgin Mary. They also salvaged the head and, according to the legend, then netted plenty of fish.<ref name=reuters>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-pope-basilica-idUSN0236838720070506 "Brazil's giant basilica is backdrop for Pope visit", May 6, 2007]</ref> After cleaning the statue, they found that it was a black version of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception.<ref name="patron" /> Legend has it that when the fishermen recovered the body, then the head, the slender figure of the Aparecida Virgin became so heavy that they couldn't budge it.<ref name="naza" />

The fishermen named the statue ''Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida'' ({{lang-en|Our Lady of the Conception who appeared}}).<ref>[http://www.catholicmedia.net/halo/eng/aparecid.htm Our Lady Aparecida profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122144042/http://www.catholicmedia.net/halo/eng/aparecid.htm |date=November 22, 2008 }} at Catholic Media.</ref>{{Failed verification|date=April 2014}} Neighbors began to venerate the statue, which came to be known as Our Lady Appeared, and devotion grew. The first chapel was built in 1745.<ref name="reuters" />

Devotion to the statue grew rapidly, particularly among [[Afro-Brazilians]], not only for its [[black Madonna]] status, but also because it was reported to have performed a miracle for an enslaved young man. Over the years following its discovery, veneration of the Virgin invoked as Aparecida increased as many miracles were attributed to her.<ref name="naza" /> For the following fifteen years, the statue remained within Filipe Pedroso's family, and neighbors came to venerate it. Stories of Our Lady of Aparecida's miracles were spread throughout Brazil, and the Pedroso family built her a [[chapel]] which soon became too small for so many worshippers. In 1737 the priest of Guaratinguetá built her a chapel<ref name="naza" /> on the Morro dos Coqueiros (Hill of Coconut Palms), where public visits began in July 1745.

The number of worshippers increased dramatically, and in 1834 work on a larger church was begun; this became known as the "Old Basilica" when work on the even larger "New Basilica" was started in 1955; it received pontifical approbation in 1980.<ref name="naza" />

In 1928 the "City of Aparecida" was consolidated around the old Basílica <ref name="IBGE_Histórico">{{cite web|url=http://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/dtbs/saopaulo/aparecida.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810031636/http://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/dtbs/saopaulo/aparecida.pdf |archive-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead |title=Aparecida - Histórico |author=Enciclopédia dos Municípios Brasileiros |author-link=Enciclopédia dos Municípios Brasileiros |date=2007 |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) |access-date=1 August 2014}}</ref>

===The image===
According to a local tale the clay statue was imported from [[Portugal]]; others say that it was made by Frei Agostinho de Jesus, a [[monk]] from São Paulo known for crafting artistic sacred images in clay. The small statue is less than three feet tall.<ref name="NCR" /><ref name="CBS">de Vries, Lloyd. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/11/world/main2790338.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_2790338 "Pope Canonizes First Brazilian Saint"]. [[CBS News]]. May 11, 2007.</ref> The image was made around 1650, and must have been underwater for years, since it lost its original [[polychromy]].<ref name="dayton" />

The image is dark brown, and covered by a stiff dark blue robe of richly embroidered thick cloth emblazoned with the flags of Brazil and the Vatican City State with golden clasps. An imperial crown was added in 1904.<ref name="dayton" />

A [[bronze]] replica of the same image is sponsored by the Embassy of Brazil to the Vatican and was approved for installation within the [[Gardens of the Vatican City]] under the mandate of [[Pope Francis]], officially held on 3 September 2016.

===First patronage===
At the written request of Emperor [[Pedro I of Brazil]], [[Pope Leo XII]] declared [[Saint Peter of Alcantara]] the "Patron of Brazil" on 31 May 1826. The ruler of Brazil at that time, Pedro I (born Prince Pedro de Alcantara), was named after Saint Peter of Alcantara.<ref>Plinio Maria Solimeo, [http://www.catolicismo.com.br/materia/materia.cfm?IDmat=C8E2C17D-E2CA-E7E2-A60908BAB4B8FAED&mes=Outubro1999 ''São Pedro de Alcântara Padroeiro do Brasil'']</ref><ref>Friar Stephano Piat Joseph, OFM, St. Peter of Alcantara, Patron of Brazil, translated from the French language by Father Clarence Neotti OFM, Editora Vozes, Petrópolis, 1962, page. 13</ref> Later, as the Virgin Mary outranks St. Peter of Alcantara in the Catholic hierarchy of saints, with the proclamation of the Virgin Aparecida as the principal Catholic [[patron saint]] of Brazil, St. Peter became the secondary patron.

===Canonical coronation===
On the [[Feast of the Immaculate Conception]] 1904, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1854 proclamation of the dogma of the [[Immaculate Conception]], the statue of Our Lady Aparecida was [[Canonically crowned]] by the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo|archbishop of São Paulo]], Lino Deodato Rodrigues, at the decree of the [[Holy See]] and in the presence of the [[Apostolic Nuncio]]. The Coronation was performed in the name and on behalf of [[Pope Pius X]] who granted this approval.<ref name="naza" /> The papal coronation of the image of Aparecida was a major event attended by many people and by civil authorities including President [[Rodrigues Alves]], who made the point of witnessing the act in spite of the separation of Church and State that had been instituted when Brazil became a Republic, less than twenty years before. The gold used for the manufacture of the Crown was donated by the head of Brazil's Imperial Family, the exiled [[Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil|Princess Isabel]].

After the pontifical coronation of 1904 the Holy See granted a [[Liturgy of the Hours|divine office]] and Mass for her [[feast day]].

Twenty years later, the village that had grown around the church on Coqueiros hill became a municipality, named after the saint.

==Papal bull of 1930==
On 16 July 1930, [[Pope Pius XI]] declared the Immaculate Conception under the title of ''Our Lady Aparecida'' to be the principal patroness of Brazil, namely widespread in the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro|Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro]].

The pontifical decree indicated that [[Pope Leo XIII]] granted the approval on the devotion of the image under the title ''"Nossa Senhora da Conceição Apparecida''". In addition, Saint [[Pope Pius X]] established the Office of the Mass under this honor and allowing this devotion to spread due to the widespread piety of the Brazilian people. The Papal decree mentions the 1904 solid gold crown given to the image (assumingly from [[Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil]]). It does not however, mention the shrine being elevated to a [[minor basilica]].

Furthermore, the devotion was researched and approved by Cardinal [[Camillo Laurenti]], Prefect of the [[Sacred Congregation of Rites]]. The papal bull was signed and witnessed by Cardinal [[Eugenio Pacelli]].<ref>Acta Apostolica Sedis – 1931 – Page 7 – Beata Virgo Maria Immaculata Sub Titulo Apparecida – Principalis Patrona Brasiliae Constituitur. – https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-23-1931-ocr.pdf</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Carta Apostólica de Pio XI que constituiu Nossa Senhora Aparecida como Padroeira Principal do Brasil |url=http://ars-the.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-carta-apostolica-de-pio-xi-que.html |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=A Carta Apostólica de Pio XI que constituiu Nossa Senhora Aparecida como Padroeira Principal do Brasil}}</ref>
 
In the wake of the papal decree naming Our Lady Aparecida Patroness of Brazil, on July 16, 1930, Cardinal [[Sebastião da Silveira Cintra|Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra]], the Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro (then the Capital of Brazil), rededicated Brazil to the Virgin under this Marian title.

==Later years==
Up until the early 1950s, Aparecida remained an unassuming city with a small community of [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer|Redemptorists]].<ref name="naza" /> They arrived from the sanctuary of the Virgin of [[Altötting]] in Germany and took on the responsibility for the shrine of Our Lady Aparecida, making it the first Redemptorist parish in Latin America.<ref name="naza" /> Devotion to the Marian image grew under Padre [[Vítor Coelho]] (1899-1987), a Redemptorist priest and catechist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=imagens |url=http://santuarionacional.vteximg.com.br/arquivos/imagens.png |website=santuarionacional.vteximg.com.br}}</ref> In 1958, due to the growth of the Catholic community around the Marian Shrine of Aparecida, the Holy See decided to erect the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aparecida, separating its territory in part from the Archdiocese of São Paulo and in part from the Diocese of Taubaté and transferring three suffragan Dioceses that previously were subject to the Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo to form the new ecclesiastical province of Aparecida. The new See was led by administrators until 1964, when the first Archbishop of Aparecida was appointed.

Contrary to popular belief, [[John Paul II]] was the first Pope to consecrate the shrine with the title of [[Basilica]] on July 4, 1980. In his Apostolic message, the Pontiff mentioned the coronation of 1904, the Patronage granted in 1930, and his culminating purpose of consecration of the shrine as a Basilica during that time. By research in Vatican documents, there is no mention of 1908 proclamations of the shrine as a Basilica by the Pope or any Vatican prelate.<ref name="vatican.va" />

[[Pope Francis]] installed a replica of the same Marian image within the [[Vatican Gardens]] in September 2016 via the diplomatic efforts of the Brazilian embassy to the Holy See.

===Assault on the image===
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[[File:Atentado-nsaparecida-corpo.png|thumb|220px|left|Pieces of the vandalized Marian image taken in 1978.]]
The image became the source of religious conflicts between Catholics and Protestants, primarily driven by non-mainline churches identified with [[Charismatic Movement|charismatic]], [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]], or [[Fundamentalist Christianity|fundamentalist]] theology, including all branches of [[Pentecostalism]], due to the nature of Catholic [[Marian devotion]] associated with the religious image.

On May 16, 1978, a person identified as a member of a Protestant sect took the statue from its niche on the basilica after the last [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] of the day. He was chased by guards and some of the church goers.<ref name="Pli">[[Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira|Oliveira, Plinio Corrêa]]. [http://www.traditioninaction.org/SOD/j227sd_OLAparecida_10-12.html "Feast Days of Our Lady: Our Lady Aparecida – October 12"]. Tradition in Action, Inc.</ref> As he was caught, the statue fell to the ground breaking to pieces;<ref name="Pli" /> a group of artists and artisans pieced it together again.<ref name="Pli" />
 
On her feast day in 1995, a public holiday, an incident later known as "[[kicking of the saint]]" took place when [[televangelist]] Sérgio Von Helder (or Helde), of the [[Universal Church of the Kingdom of God]] (UCKG), insulted and kicked a replica of Our Lady Aparecida, and said that "it could not do anything for you", on a late-night religious program broadcast by UCKG television station [[Rede Record]].<ref>Epstein, Jack (November 24, 1995). "Kicking of icon outrages Brazil Catholics". ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''.</ref><ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9512/virgin_bashing/kicking.mov Video of Von Helder kicking the saint], hosted at CNN.</ref> On the following day, [[Rede Globo]]'s ''[[Jornal Nacional]]'' denounced the incident, causing a nationwide commotion. The event was perceived by Catholics as a major act of religious intolerance, causing a public outcry. Several temples of the UCKG were targeted by protesters, and Von Helder was transferred to [[South Africa]] until the end of the controversy.<ref name="NCR" /><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/864623.stm "Church makes airwaves"]. BBC. August 3, 2000. Retrieved 2009-01-06.</ref>

==<nowiki/>The New Basilica==
{{Main|Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida}}
[[File:Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, 2007.jpg|thumb|The National Basilica, located in Aparecida, São Paulo, Brazil]]
In the mid-20th century, as the popularity of Our Lady Aparecida grew, the construction of a much larger building to shelter the image became necessary. In 1955, work on the present [[Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida|Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida]] was begun. Architect [[Benedito Calixto]] designed a building in the form of a [[Greek cross]].<ref name="naza" /> It can hold up to 45,000 people.<ref name="naza" />

On July 4, 1980, while still under construction, the new church was consecrated by [[Pope John Paul II]] and given the title of minor basilica.<ref name="NCR" /> It is currently the largest Marian temple and the second largest Basilica in the world, second only to [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]] in the [[Vatican City]].<ref name="NCR" />

Since then, the two Basilicas in the city of Aparecida have been known as the "Old Basilica" and the "New Basilica". Upon its completion, the Brazilian Conference of Catholic Bishops declared the new Basilica a National Shrine.

As the National Shrine, dedicated to the patroness of Brazil, one of the functions of the basilica is to function as a site of pilgrimage for laborers. The traditional pilgrimage of the laborers takes place each year on [[Independence Day (Brazil)|Brazil's independence holiday]], September 7.<ref name="naza" /> According to recent estimates, the basilica attracts about 8 million pilgrims a year.<ref name="NCR" /><ref>Lugo, Luis. [http://pewforum.org/Christian/Catholic/Pope-to-Visit-Pentecostalized-Brazil.aspx "Pope to Visit 'Pentecostalized' Brazil"]. [[Pew Research Center|Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life]]. April 19, 2007.</ref>

The influence of Our Lady Aparecida on Brazilian Catholic society is incalculable. In 1992 a study showed that 296 parishes were dedicated to her while five [[cathedral]]s had the same title. In addition, many towns are named after the Virgin and so are many Brazilian women and girls. The modern art styled [[cathedral of Brasilia]] designed by [[Oscar Niemeyer]] is dedicated to Our Lady Aparecida, as [[Brasilia]] is the national capital and she is invoked as Brazil's special protector.

In 2004, to commemorate the centennial of the pontifical coronation commanded by Pope Pius X and the 150th anniversary of the dogmatic definition of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the statue of Our Lady Aparecida was granted a renewed canonical coronation by the Holy See. The renewed coronation was presided by the Archbishop emeritus of Rio de Janeiro, [[Eugênio de Araújo Sales|Cardinal Eugênio Sales]], in the capacity of [[Papal legate|special papal envoy]] of Pope John Paul II.

On May 12, 2007 [[Pope Benedict XVI]] granted the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida a [[Golden Rose]]. The "Old Basilica" also possesses a Golden Rose, awarded by [[Pope Paul VI]] on August 12, 1967, and presented by the Apostolic Nuncio; it was a gift of the Holy See to mark the Pope's participation in the commemorations of the 250th anniversary of the devotion to the Virgin of Aparecida. The "New Basilica"'s Golden Rose was presented by Pope Benedict, who visited the basilica and celebrated Mass there during his 2007 Apostolic visit to Brazil. [[Pope Francis]] celebrated Mass at the shrine on July 24, 2013, and entrusted his pontificate as well as the World Youth Day to the maternal protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2013/07/24/wyd-2013-pope-entrusts-youth-to-virgin-mary-at-aparecida-shrine |title=WYD 2013: Pope entrusts youth to Virgin Mary at Aparecida shrine|work=[[Catholic Herald]] |access-date=July 24, 2013}}</ref>

==Feast day==
Since the 19th century, the Feast Day of Our Lady Aparecida is celebrated on 12 October, the day of the finding of the statue.<ref>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/10/12/our-lady-of-aparecida.html</ref>
In the [[liturgical calendar]] of the Roman Rite approved for Brazil, the day of Our Lady Aparecida ranks as a solemnity, and is a holy day of obligation. The feast's rank as a day of precept was established by the Holy See at the request of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops.

The feast day of Our Lady Aparecida has been a National Holiday in Brazil since 1980. The federal statute declaring October 12 a national holiday in honour of "Our Lady Aparecida", Patroness of Brazil, was passed by Congress and signed into law on June 30, 1980, during [[Pope John Paul II]]'s first visit to the country; that was also the first visit by a Pope to Brazil, and during that visit the "New Basilica" of Aparecida was consecrated.

== Cultural references ==
[[File:Nossa Senhora Aparecida do Brasil.png|thumb|Our Lady Aparecida from Brazil]]
The [[telenovela]] ''A Padroeira'' (The Patroness), broadcast on [[Rede Globo]] between June 18, 2001, and February 23, 2002, was a fictional portrayal of the finding of the Our Lady Aparecida statue,<ref name="NCR" /> loosely based on the 1865 novel ''As Minas de Prata'' by [[José de Alencar]], which itself had been adapted for the telenovela format in 1966 by the now defunct [[TV Excelsior]].

==See also==
* [[Our Lady of the Pillar]], an ancient tradition which also has a feast on October 12
* [[Roman Catholicism in Brazil]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
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*[https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1980/july/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19800704_aparecida-brasile_en.html Prayer Of John Paul II In The Basilica of Aparecida, 4 July 1980]
*[http://www.a12.com/santuario/ Official website of the National Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida] {{in lang|pt}}

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