Immaculate Conception

Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Marble Statue.

Dimensions: 60mm L x 70mm W x 270mm

Please note that our Marble Art Statues are made on order. There is a lead time of approximately 10 working days.

Immaculate Conception of Mary
La Purísima Inmaculada Concepción by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo , 1678, now in Museo del Prado , Spain.
Honored in	Roman Catholic Church Some Oriental Orthodox Churches Islam , Anglican Communion
Feast	December 8
Attributes	crescent moon, halo of twelve stars, blue robe, cherubs , serpent underfoot, Assumption into heaven
Patronage	Brazil Nicaragua The Philippines Portugal South Korea Spain United States of America

The

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

is observed on December 8 in many

Catholic countries

as a

holy day of obligation

or

patronal feast

, and in some as a national

public holiday

.

The

Immaculate Conception

is a dogma of the

Catholic Church

maintaining that from the moment when she was

conceived

in the womb, the

Blessed Virgin Mary

was kept free of

original sin

and was filled with the

sanctifying grace

normally conferred during

baptism

.


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It is one of the four dogmas in

Roman Catholic Mariology

. Mary is often called the

Immaculata

(

the Immaculate One

), particularly in artistic and cultural contexts.


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The Immaculate Conception should not be confused with the

perpetual virginity of Mary

or the

virgin birth of Jesus

; it refers to the conception of Mary by her mother,

Saint Anne

. Although the belief was widely held since at least

Late Antiquity

, the doctrine was not formally proclaimed until December 8, 1854, by

Pope Pius IX

in his

papal bull



Ineffabilis Deus


. It is not formal doctrine except in the Roman Catholic Church.


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