Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 2, 2025
She is protectress of the Order of the Carmelites, and is often represented holding in her hand small tablets, on which is the effigy of herself with the Child. S.M. "de Belem." Our Lady of Bethlehem. Under this title she is the patroness of the Jeronymites, principally in Spain and Portugal. S.M. "della Neve." Our Lady of the Snow. In Spain, S. Maria la Blanca.
In 1820 a body of neighboring insurgents entered and defaced the remaining buildings, carrying off everything they could find of value and turning the church into a stable. Some of the monks returned, but in 1837 came an act suppressing the convents, and the poor Jeronymites were finally turned adrift.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking