Our Lady of Piat
| Our Lady of Piat | |
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Our Lady of Piat enshrined in 2011
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| Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Piat, Apo Baket, Yena Tam Ngamin | |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
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Piat, Cagayan, Philippines
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| Feast | July 2 |
| Attributes | dark complexion, the Child Jesus, rosary, crown, flowers |
| Patronage | Piat, Cagayan Valley, the sick, the Itawes, Ibanag, and Ilocano peoples |
Our Lady of Piat (formally: Nuestra Señora de Piat) is a 16th-century Roman Catholic icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary enshrined in Piat, in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. it is the town's patroness and is one of the most venerated Marian images of Mary in the Philippines and is referred to as the "Mother of Cagayan".
The image, one of the oldest in the country, is credited with many miracles including the end of a drought that threatened famine in the Itawes homeland of the Cagayan Valley, where the shrine is located. Piat is dubbed the "Pilgrimage Center of Cagayan Valley" because of the thousands of devotees and tourists, some of which are the rich and powerful who shower the shrine with donations and gifts.
The image was originally named Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario (Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary) by the Order of Preachers or Dominicans. The Ibanag today call her Yena Tam Ngamin ("Mother of Us All"), while to Ilocano-speaking natives of Piat she is known as Apo Baket ("Venerable Matriarch") – a title also used for several images of the Virgin enshrined throughout northern Luzon.
On June 20, 1954, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi in a ceremony was granted a Canonical Coronation.
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