The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland

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The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland (Najświętsza Maryja Panna Królowa Polski) (also translated as Our Lady, Queen of Poland or Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland, etc.) is an honorary title for Mary, mother of Jesus, used by Polish Catholics.

The Catholic Church in Poland is singled out by Marian devotions among other Christian denominations in Poland. The cult is universal and very common among Poles, as well as in the Polish diaspora worldwide. The title is associated with the history of Poles. Jan Długosz referred to Mary as Panią świata i naszą (Worldwide and our Lady). The oldest chronicle about the title for Mary as "Mary, Queen of Poland" is dated to the second half of the 16th century. This time Gregor of the Sambor [pl; ru; uk] called Mary "Mary, the Queen of Poland and Poles". On 1 April 1656 in Lviv's Cathedral at the Picture of Our Lady of Gracious Lovely Lviv Star John II Casimir Vasa officially vowed: "Ciebie za patronkę moją i za królowę państw moich dzisiaj obieram".^[1][2][3] On the 300th anniversary of the Lwów Oath, the Polish Episcopacy on Stefan Wyszyński's initiative again codified in whole Mary's country and revitalised royal vows. On 26 August 1956 at Jasna Góra Monastery about one million of Polish ancestors donated Jasna Góra Vows of the Polish Nation [pl].

On 3 May (The day when Constitution of 3 May 1791 is commonly celebrated in Poland), the Polish Catholic Church holds a solemnity called the Feast of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland [pl].

The Virgin Mary is the first among the three main patron saints of Poland. She is also the main patroness for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Częstochowa, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Przemyśl and a former patroness of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv