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Our Lady of Sorrows - patron of Slovakia Issue number
FDC 161
Date of issue
14.09.1998
Face value
18.00 Sk
Sell price
1.20 €

The municipality Šaštín is situated on a borderline between the Myjava Hills and Záhorie Lowland. In 1564, Our Lady of Sorrows appeared to Angelika Bakičová, the wife of the landowner Imrich Czobor. She was praying in a very difficult situation in her life. The same year, for hearing of her prayer, she ordered to build a statue at the very place. The wooden statue was sculpted by an unknown artist. The believers from the near and far surroundings started to visit the place. In the second half of the XVI century, the trigonal Marian chapel was built at the same place...

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