**Our Lady of Nazareth** (Portuguese: *Nossa Senhora de Nazaré*) is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a miraculous statue venerated primarily in Portugal and Brazil. The devotion originated in Nazaré, Portugal, where according to tradition the statue was brought from Nazareth in the Holy Land in the 4th century. The devotion spread to Brazil through Portuguese colonizers in the 17th century, where it became the center of the famous Círio de Nazaré in Belém, one of the world's largest Catholic processions.
Pilgrimage Sites Dedicated to Our Lady of Nazareth
Belém
Brazil · South America
Gateway to the Amazon and host of the Círio de Nazaré—the world's largest Catholic procession, drawing over two million pilgrims each October to honor Our Lady of Nazareth at her neoclassical basilica.
Nazaré
Portugal · Europe
Atlantic clifftop pilgrimage site where Dom Fuas Roupinho was saved from plunging over the precipice in 1182 after invoking Our Lady of Nazaré.