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Our Lady of Šiluva is Roman Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary in Šiluva, Lithuania. A Cathedral of the same name has been built and is dedicated to it. The icon is highly venerated in Lithuania and is often called "Lithuania's greatest treasure".^[1]

The icon is painted in the Our Lady of the Way style, and is similar to the famous Madonna Salus Populi Romani.^[1] According to legend, the miraculous icon was brought to Siluva from Rome in 1457 as a gift to Lithuanian nobleman Petras Gedgaudas.^[2]

A reported 17th century Marian apparition associated with the icon resulted in the discovery of the deed to a church that had been left for safekeeping, and resulted in increased pilgrimages to the site.^[3] Pope Pius VI approved devotions to Our Lady of Šiluva and granted indulgences for them.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b University of Dayton
^ ^a ^b The other faces of Mary: stories, devotions, and pictures of the Holy Virgin around the world by Ann Ball 2004 ISBN 0-8245-2255-9 page 153
^ Ann Ball, 2003 Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices ISBN 0-87973-910-X page 536

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[dayton-1] University of Dayton

[ball1-2] The other faces of Mary: stories, devotions, and pictures of the Holy Virgin around the world by Ann Ball 2004 ISBN 0-8245-2255-9 page 153

[3] Ann Ball, 2003 Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices ISBN 0-87973-910-X page 536

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