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BLACK MADONNA
LINA AND HALEY
A Black Madonna or Black Virgin is a statue or painting of Mary in which she is depicted with dark or black skin.
The hard-to-explain Black Madonnas are generally medieval, or copies of medieval figures, and are found in Catholic areas. The statues are mostly wooden but occasionally stone, often painted and up to 75 cm tall, many dating from between the 11th and 15th centuries.
The majority of the Black Madonnas listed are found in France - perhaps because much of the earliest research was French.
Of the hundreds which presently exist at various shrines, some of the better known images are: Our Lady of Alttting [Bavaria, Germany]; Our Lady of the Hermits [Einsiedeln, Switzerland]; Our Lady of Guadalupe [Mexico City]; Our Lady of Jasna Gora [Czestochowa, Poland]; Our Lady of Montserrat [Spain]; and Our Lady of Tindari [Sicily].
