Salus Populi Romani Size:24" x 36" and among the most prolific

and among the most prolific

Francis praying for his soul

and crowds line the castle’s battlements in the background

Pope Pius IX granted this image Canonical Coronation along with its present title

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Salus Populi Romani Size:24" x 36" and among the most prolificSalus Populi Romani (Protectress of the Roman People) is a Roman Catholic title associated with the venerated image of the Virgin Mary in Rome. This Byzantine icon of the Madonna and Christ Child holding a Gospel book is kept in the Borghese Chapel of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. The image arrived in Rome in the year 590 AD during the reign of Pope Gregory I. Pope Gregory XVI granted the image a Canonical Coronation on 15 August 1838 through the