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Our Lady of Nazaré
Our Lady of Nazaré is the name by which is known an acient wooden statue of the Virgin brestfeeding baby Jesus. The tradition has that the holy icon was sculpted by St. Joseph in the Biblical Nazareth in Galiley the home village of Mary. The statue is kept in the city of Nazaré in Portugal since the year 711. In the article The Legend of Nazaré one can read the story of this Marian icon.