Our Lady of Montserrat

Church of St. John the Baptist, Barcelona

According to the website of the abbey of Montserrat, "The image of Our Lady of Montserrat, popularly known as La Moreneta (the Dark One), due to the dark colour of Her skin, is a truly beautiful 12th century Romanesque polychrome carving. Pope Leo XIII proclaimed Our Lady of Montserrat Patron Saint of Catalonia in 1881."

The church donated a copy of this statue to a church in Mariapfarr, Austria.

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Photographed at the church by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.