OCTOBER 12TH - Our Lady of Aparecida - Queen and Patroness of Brazil

Our Lady of the Conception (who) Appeared Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida
The actual statue of Our Lady of Aparecida said to have appeared to 3 fishermen ‒ Domingos Garcia, Filipe Pedroso, and João Alves ‒ in October 1717.

The following papal documents concern the famed statue:

Pope Leo XIII mentioned the Brazilian devotion to Nossa Senhora da Conçeicão Aparecida in 1903.
Pope Saint Pius X granted a canonical coronation to the image on 8 December 1904.
Pope Pius XI declared Mary under this title Patroness of Brazil through a papal bull of 16 July 1930, signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli.
Pope Paul VI granted the image her first golden rose on 12 August 1967.
Pope John Paul II consecrated her new shrine and on the same date raised it to the rank of minor basilica on 4 July 1980.
Pope Benedict XVI granted the image her second golden rose on 12 May 2007.

Queen and Patroness of Brazil

Venerated in	Catholic Church (Roman Rite)
Major shrine	Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, Aparecida, São Paulo, Brazil
Feast	October 12
Attributes	Blessed Virgin Mary in traditional form of Immaculate Conception
Patronage	Brazil and Brazilian people, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aparecida, World Youth Day 2013, expectant mothers, newborn children, rivers and the sea, gold, honey, beauty
Controversy	(1978) Theft and vandalism by Protestant intruder (1995); Public insults and televised vandalism by a UCKGminister The National Basilica, located in Aparecida, São Paulo, Brazil SOURCE: Wikipedia.