Salus Populi Romani Size:24" x 36" and the conversion of many

and the conversion of many sinners will be obtained

Pope Pius IX granted this image Canonical Coronation along with its present title

Francis praying for his soul

It was accepted for permanent safekeeping by the State Hermitage of Russia in 1950 where it currently resides in St

It arrived from Albania under miraculous circumstances leading two men (De Sclavis and Georgio) who had stayed behind to protect her image during a Moslem attack

Salus Populi Romani Size:24" x 36" and the conversion of manySalus Populi Romani (Protectress of the Roman People) is a Roman Catholic title associated with the venerated image of the Virgin Mary in Rome. This Byzantine icon of the Madonna and Christ Child holding a Gospel book is kept in the Borghese Chapel of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. The image arrived in Rome in the year 590 AD during the reign of Pope Gregory I. Pope Gregory XVI granted the image a Canonical Coronation on 15 August 1838 through the