Madonna's dark secrets.(Column)

The Daily Mail (London, England) | August 26, 2005 | Copyright

QUESTION What is the history/connection between the Black Madonna in Montserrat, Spain, and that in Rocamadour, France?

THERE are many famous black Madonnas around the world including La Negrita in Cartago, Costa Rica; Our Lady of Altotting in Bavaria, Germany; Our Lady of the Hermits in Einsiedeln, Switzerland; Our Lady of Jasna Gora in Czestochowa, Poland; and Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

No less than 150 can be found in southern France, most tracing their origins to medieval times.

Early studies of these statues and images related them ...

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