National Marian Shrine of Wales
The National Marian Shrine of Wales is in Cardigan, west Wales and is a Tomb or monument to a saint or other holy person. to the statue of Our Lady of the Taper.
Legend has it that in the Middle Ages, a statue of Our Lady with the baby Jesus on her lap and a burning A slim candle. in her hand appeared on the banks of the River Teifi. Any attempts made to move the statue to the local parish church resulted in the statue reappearing back at the river banks. This led to it becoming a place of pilgrimage, and St Mary鈥檚 Church was built on that spot.
After the original statue was destroyed in the The period in history when Protestants broke away from the Catholic Church., the current statue being installed in 1986. In the same year Our Lady of the Taper became the Welsh National Shrine of Our Lady as designated by Pope John Paul II.
Pilgrims visit the shrine to show their devotion to Mary and others to pray and ask Our Lady to To intervene or make a request on behalf of someone else. for them