An important aspect in the practice of medieval Christianity was the veneration of saints, and the associated pilgrimages to places where the relics of a particular saint were interred and the saint's tradition honoured.

Based on finds from medieval church ruins in the tiny island of Kirkkokari (" Church Rock ", previously known as the " Island of Saint Henry ") in Lake Köyliönjärvi, the bishop's veneration began in the latter half of the 14th century, well after Henry had received his official status as a local saint, and 200 years after his alleged death.

Grimassi describes the roots of Stregheria as a syncretic offshoot of Etruscan religion that later blended with " Tuscan peasant religion ", medieval Christian heresy, and veneration of saints.

Following St. George the founder, later medieval local traditions evoke a legendary list of bishops at this chief town of the pays of Le Velay: Macarius, Marcellinus, Roricius, Eusebius, Paulianus, and Vosy ( Evodius ), all of them canonized by local veneration.

Examples of such practices include compadrazgo in modern Latin America, which developed from standard medieval European Catholic practices that fell out of favor in Europe after the seventeenth century, the veneration of Saints and angels that aren't officially venerated in Catholicism, generally from the apocryphal books, such as Uriel the Archangel from the Apocalypse of Ezra ( 2 Esdras or 4 Ezra depending on naming convention ), and ritual pilgrimages in medieval and modern Europe.

Some medieval writers explained this as veneration for the perfection of the Holy Trinity, but it appears that this was an explanation made after the event, rather than a cause ( Reese 1940, 274 ; Hughes 1954a, 319 – 20 ).

This may account for the veneration of St Guthlac at Fishtoft, the saint being renowned for driving out devils ; a medieval statute of St Guthlac can be seen high up on the tower of the Fishtoft parish church, and formerly held the whip with which he cleansed the land of evil spirits.

Cranmer's work of simplification and revision was also applied to the Daily Offices, which were to become Morning, and Evening Prayer ; and which he hoped would also serve as a daily form of prayer to be used by the Laity, thus replacing both the late medieval lay observation of the Latin Hours of the Virgin, and its English equivalent, the Primer.

Some medieval legends elaborated upon the lives of Christian figures such as Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints.

The theme survives into medieval legend and folklore, with dragon slayers such as Beowulf, Sigurd, Tristan, Margaret the Virgin, Heinrich von Winkelried, Dobrynya Nikitich, Skuba Dratewka / Krakus.

Saint Thomas Aquinas, the greatest of the medieval scholastics, refused to admit the Immaculate Conception, on the ground that, unless the Blessed Virgin had at one time or other been one of the sinful, she could not justly be said to have been redeemed by Christ.

The predecessor of the medieval bestiary, compiled in Late Antiquity and known as Physiologus ( Φυσιολόγος ), popularized an elaborate allegory in which a unicorn, trapped by a maiden ( representing the Virgin Mary ), stood for the Incarnation.

Historian Marilyn Yalom proposes that the prominence of medieval queens such as Eleanor of Aquitaine and Blanche of Castile, the cult of the Virgin Mary, and the power ascribed to women in the troubadour tradition of courtly love, might have been partly responsible for influencing the piece towards its identity as a queen and its extraordinary power on the board, as might the medieval popularity of chess as a game particularly suitable for women to play on equal terms with men.

She points to a surviving chess queen representing the Virgin, as well as medieval poetry depicting the Virgin as the chess-queen of God or Fierce Dieu ,.

The medieval development of chivalry, with the concept of the honor of a lady and the ensuing knightly devotion to it, not only derived from the thinking about the Virgin Mary, but also contributed to it.

* Church of our Lady the Virgin of the Olive ( Nuestra Señora la Virgen de la Oliva ), renovated in 1765 over a pre-existing medieval building

The town's two historical points of interest are the unique 14th-century three-sided bridge, Trinity Bridge, which stands at its central point and used to be the confluence of three streams ; and the other is its ruined medieval Croyland Abbey, which was dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin, Saint Bartholomew and Saint Guthlac in the eighth century.

In the gallery of the chapel is a late medieval stained glass image of Margaret the Virgin | St Margaret of Antioch.

It mainly represents the medieval monastery of Alvastra: An abacy staff, a rising moon ( historically representing Virgin Mary ), and a six-edged star ( representing a higher deity ).

Madonna is a medieval Italian term for a noble or otherwise important woman, and has long been used commonly in reference to images of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus.

These names signal both the increased importance of the Cult of the Virgin and the prominence of art in service to Marian devotion during the late medieval period.

First, the earliest surviving independent images of the Virgin Mary are found in Rome, the center of Christianity in the medieval West.

A tradition that dates from medieval times which has spread to other cities in Andalusia, the " Semana Santa en Sevilla " is notable for featuring the procession of " pasos ", lifelike wood or plaster sculptures of individual scenes of the events that happened between Jesus ' arrest and his burial, or images of the Virgin Mary showing grief for the torture and killing of her son.

In later medieval and Renaissance altarpieces, where the main panel consisted of a scene with large static figures, it was normal to include a predella below with a number of small-scale narrative paintings depicting events from the life of the dedicatee, whether Christ, the Virgin Mary or a saint.

A Black Madonna or Black Virgin is a statue or painting of Mary in which she is depicted with dark skin, especially those created in Europe in the medieval period or earlier.

Religious meditations upon the Virgin Mary were partially responsible for the development of chivalry as an ethic and lifestyle: the concept of the honor of a lady and knightly devotion to her, coupled with an obligatory respect for all women, factored prominently as central to the very identity of medieval knighthood.

Plant motifs associated with St Brigid include the white Lilium candidum popularly known since medieval times as the Madonna Lily for its association with the Virgin Mary, and the Winflower Anemone coronaria, called the " Brigid anemone " since the early 19th century.

The medieval cathedral, St. Brendan's, and associated churches, Temple na Hoe ( Church of the young Virgin ) and Temple na Griffin, have become a major tourist heritage attraction in the Kerry area due to their central location.

This Tudor version of the imperial crown had more pearls and jewels than are indicated in illustrations of the medieval version, and the centre petals of each of the five fleurs-de-lys were carved with medallions representing Christ, the Virgin Mary, and St. George.

The Scottish medieval clàrsach ' Queen Mary harp ' Clàrsach na Banrigh Màiri, ( c. 1400 ) now in the Museum of Scotland, is a one of only three surviving medieval Gaelic harps.

The identification of Mary Magdalene as prostitute and adulteress is perpetuated by much Western medieval Christian art.

Miracle plays, or Saint's plays, are now distinguished from mystery plays as they specifically re-enacted miraculous interventions by the saints, particularly St. Nicholas or St. Mary, into the lives of ordinary people, rather than biblical events ; however both of these terms are more commonly used by modern scholars than they were by medieval people, who used a wide variety of terminology to refer to their dramatic performances.

The Golden Hinde replica is at St Mary Overie Dock and nearby are the remains of the medieval Winchester Palace which is a scheduled ancient monument.

The original medieval foundation set up by Adam de Brome, under the patronage of Edward II, was called the House or Hall of the Blessed Mary at Oxford.

The main site of the College incorporates four medieval halls: Bedel Hall, St Mary Hall, St Martin Hall and Tackley's Inn, the last being the earliest property acquired by the college and the oldest standing medieval hall in Oxford.

In the south range, parts of the medieval buildings survive and are incorporated into staircase ten — the straight, steep flight of stairs and timber framed partitions date from a mid-15th century rebuilding of St Mary Hall.

The motto of the city is " Plus Oultre " ( meaning " Further " in Old French ), which was the motto of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who in 1545 gave the medieval castle of Binche to his sister, Queen Mary of Hungary, Governess of the Netherlands.

The small star may be a symbol of St. Mary as the second medieval church of Skien was devoted to her.

The crowned woman has variously been identified as Pope Joan ( a woman who according to a medieval and later Protestant myth had disguised herself as a man and been elected pope ; some cards also show a child, and the Pope Joan myth pictured her as found out when she gave birth during a papal procession ), as Mary, Mother of God, or even as Cybele, as Isis, or as Venus.

** Market Church of St. Mary ( Marktkirche ), built in 1529 – 1554, using elements of two medieval churches, St. Gertrude's Church dating back to the 11th century and the older St. Mary's Church from the 12th Century.

In medieval times, St. Mary Redcliffe, sitting on a red cliff above the River Avon, was a sign to seafarers, who would pray in it at their departure, and give thanks there upon their return.