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Saint Mary of the Snows

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ7590551 ↗
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Saint Mary of the Snows, also Our Lady of the Snows, may refer to:

Dedication

Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major, a liturgical feast day previously known in Latin as Dedicatio Sanctæ Mariæ ad Nives, translating as "Dedication of the Church of Our Lady of the Snows", in 1969

Buildings

Churches

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Snows, João Pessoa, Brazil

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows (Nuoro Cathedral), Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy

Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows (Belgrano II Base), Argentine Antarctica

Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows (Ilha de Maré), Brazil

St. Mary on the Snow, a church in the historical city center of Prague, Czech Republic

A neoclassical chapel of Our Lady of the Snows in Prior Park College, Bath, England

Notre-Dame des Neiges, L'Alpe d'Huez, Huez, France

Notre-Dame-des-Neiges de Kerbader, Fouesnant, France

Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy; also called "Our Lady of the Snows"

Church of Maria Santissima della Neve, Lercara Friddi, Sicily, Italy

Our Lady of the Snows, Quarantoli, Modena, Italy

Knisja tal-Madonna tas-Silġ, near the nearby ancient site of Tas-Silġ, Malta

Our Lady of the Snows Parish, El Salvador, Misamis Oriental, Philippines

Our Lady of the Snows convent church in Przeworsk, Poland

Saint Mary of the Snows Church, Reșița, Caraş-Severin, Romania

Our Lady of Snows, Masaka, Uganda

Our Lady of the Snows Parish, Dumarao, Capiz, Philippines

Saint Mary of the Snows, Mansfield, Ohio, United States

Our Lady of the Snows, Clarks Summit, PA, Diocese of Scranton, United States of America

Our Lady of Snows Church, Raia, Goa, India

Schools

Our Lady of the Snows, in Methven, New Zealand

Our Lady of the Snows School, a school in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois, US

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