Can anyone tell me what this Catholic icon is please

[SeanF1989]

Thanks.

 

[Kithrus]

Thanks.

Mary of the Twelve

 

[SeanF1989]

Thanks.

It has a loop at the top, is this supposed to have a chain with it?

 

[newyorkcatholic]

Thanks.

It has a loop at the top, is this supposed to have a chain with it?

Most likely. Often such pieces have 3 loops and are used as centers in a rosary.

The twelve stars are mentioned in the Apocalypse (Book of Revelation).

 

[SeanF1989]

Most likely. Often such pieces have 3 loops and are used as centers in a rosary.

The twelve stars are mentioned in the Apocalypse (Book of Revelation).

So does the icon represent?

 

[Kithrus]

So does the icon represent?

Mainly its Mary guiding the twelve apostles. I’m not fond of the book of revelations for personal reasons so I don’t recall much about the context she is presented in other if you had the statue of the same thing she is standing on the sun and moon.

 

[Cat]

Revelation 12: 1–And a great sign appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars…

One of my favorite verses in the Bible, and one that I use whenever people try to tell me that Catholicism is oppressive to women.

This verse and the passage following is one of the Scripture passages that finally made sense when I started investigating Catholicism.