Our Lady of Šiluva

Our Lady of Šiluva (English: Our Lady of the Pine Woods) is a Roman Catholic image of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated at the Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Šiluva, Lithuania. The patriotic icon is highly venerated in Lithuania and is often called "Lithuania's greatest treasure".

Pope Pius VI granted a canonical coronation to the venerated image on 8 September 1786. Pope John Paul II raised the shrine to the status of Minor Basilica via his pontifical decree Constat intra fines on 6 May 1988. The town of Šiluva is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Lithuania with its ancient tradition of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, popularly called Šilinės, celebrated on 8 September.

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