Homenagem do Povo de Pedroso a Virgem Maria

A Marian year is a designation given by the Catholic Church to civil years in which Mary, the Mother of Jesus, must be particularly revered and celebrated. Marian years do not follow a defined pattern. They can be declared by a bishop for his diocese or a national conference of bishops for a country. In the history of the Church, only two international Marian years were pronounced by Pope Pius XII in 1954 and Pope John Paul II in 1987. In 1988 this statue was erected within the celebrations of the Marian year.