ID: 901002605 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002605	Record Type: Allegory/Symbolism/Theme

	Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Christian theme)

Note: Theme of the Virgin Mary to whom supplicants pray for assistance, particularly in adversity. In art, she is often portrayed holding the Christ Child in one hand and a bat as a weapon in the other hand, with supplicants at her feet.

Names:

	Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Christian theme) (preferred,English-P)
	Our Lady of Help (Christian theme) (English-P,D)
	Beata Virgo de Perpetuo Succursu (Christian theme) (Latin-P)
	Madonna del Soccorso (tema della Vergine Maria) (Italian-P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Christian allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
		............<Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary> (I)
		................Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Christian theme) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Mary, Blessed Virgin
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Mary, Blessed Virgin (Christian character)) [901000032]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... theme
	.....(historical, theoretical, and critical concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Christian theme)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	Our Lady of Help (Christian theme)
	................New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition [online] (2003-)
	Beata Virgo de Perpetuo Succursu (Christian theme)
	................New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition [online] (2003-)
	Madonna del Soccorso (tema della Vergine Maria)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ ICCD database (1988-)
	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)