The virgin of Verdún and the political struggle against secularization in Uruguay

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Monreal shows how the image of the Virgin of Verdún rose in a context of strong secularization in Uruguay during the first third of the twentieth century. The hill of Verdún, 120 kilometers from Montevideo, was not a place of apparitions or traditional devotions. However, the image of Mary attracted many believers who sought to reaffirm the Catholic identity of Uruguayan society. Monreal draws the attention on how Catholics saw Marian pilgrimages as expressions of resistance while anticlericals considered them manifestations of fanaticism. Rejected or venerated, Our Lady of Verdún motivated attitudes of violence or relief and became the symbol of either a society without religion or a Christian homeland.

Idioma originalInglés
Título de la publicación alojadaMarian Devotions, Political Mobilization, and Nationalism in Europe and America
EditorialSpringer International Publishing
Páginas313-336
Número de páginas24
ISBN (versión digital)9783319434438
ISBN (versión impresa)9783319434421
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 1 ene. 2016

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