Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Mary of Loreto
Other names
Our Lady of Loreto
Introduction
The cult of the Holy Family, and thence Mary of Loreto, seems to originate in the 13th/14th century with the supposedly miraculous transfer of the house of the Holy Family from Palestine towards the end of the main period of crusades. Scottish interest in the cult is likely to be later (15th / 16th century), a period when various popes were promoting the shrine as a place of pilgrimage. Because of this, and because dedications usually specify their relation to Mary of Loreto, it has seemed logical to separate this cult from other aspects of the cult of Mary.
Gender
Female
Associated places
Basilica della Santa Casa, Loreto, Italy
Territory or Ethnicity (broad)
Non-insular
Related Saints
Belongs to the group Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Saint in place-names
Names
| Place known as | Name (plus degree of certainty that this saint is commemorated here) |
| Loretto Chapel, Perth | Ecclesia Beatae Virginis Mariae de Laureto (certain) |
| Our Lady of Loretto Chapel, Perth | Ecclesia Beatae Virginis Mariae de Laureto (certain) |
| Our Lady of Loretto Well, Inveresk | Our Lady of Loretto Well (certain) |
| Our Lady of Loretto, eccles. Inveresk | Capella Beatae Mariae Virginis de Loreto (certain) |
| Our Lady of Loretto, eccles. Inveresk | Chapel of Our Lady of Loretto (certain) |
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