La Virgen de los Angeles

Church of Santa Maria della Luce, Rome

"The Virgin of the Angels" is the patron saint of Costa Rica. The swords in her breast are also a feature of images of Our Lady of Sorrows.

Santa Maria della Luce serves the Latin American communities in Rome.

Read more about portraits of the Virgin Mary.

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