🇨🇿 Sto. Niño de Praga, Prague Czech Republic

Visiting one of the ONLY FOUR CANONICALLY CROWNED CHRISTOLOGICAL IMAGES
(Child of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Crown)

What is the Canonical Coronation?
CANONICAL CORONATION - is a Pious Institutional Act of the Pope, Duly expressed in a formal Fecree of a Papal Bull, in which the Pope Bestows the Pontifical Right to impose an Ornamental Crown, a Diadem or an Aureole to an Image of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph that is widely Venerated in a particular Diocese and Archdiocese or Locality.

Although the Rites of Crowning of Images are usually reserved to the Images of the Blessed Virgin, there have been some instances that the Images of the Child Jesus that were given such Honor on the Account of the Special Reverence Accorded to the Image and its Miracles and Devotion.

Now, without any further ado, Here are the following Images of the Child Jesus All over the World that were Granted the Honor of Canonical Coronation and its corresponding Devotion in Our Country.

I. SANTO BAMBINO DI ARACOELI
Provenance: Minor Basilica of Santa Maria Aracoeli in Rome, Italy
Canonical Coronation Date: May 2, 1897
Pontificate: Pope Leo XIII

II. BAMBINO GESU DI ARENZANO
Provenance: Minor Basilica of the Child Jesus of Arenzano in Genoa, Italy
Canonical Coronation Date: February 24, 1924
Pontificate: Pope Pius XI

📍 III. INFANT JESUS OF PRAGUE
Provenance: Church of the Virgin Mary the Victorious and Shrine of the Child Jesus in Prague, Czech Republic
Canonical Coronation Date: September 6, 1924
Pontificate: Pope Pius XI

IV. SANTO NIÑO DE CEBU
Provenance: Minor Basilica of Santo Niño De Cebu in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
Canonical Coronation Date: April 28, 1965
Pontificate: Pope Saint Paul VI

📝Souce: Crown of Glory - Jershua Aquino IV

⛪️ The Church of Our Lady Victorious and Saint Anthony of Padua
Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague
Kostel Panny Marie Vítězné

The Church of Our Lady Victrious, also referred as the Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague, in Malá Strana, the "Lesser Quarter" of Prague, is a church governed and administered by the Discalced Carmelites. The shrine is home to the famed statue called the Infant Jesus of Prague.

The shrine is home to the famed statue called the Infant Jesus of Prague. The statue, which originated in Spain, is a 16th-century representation of infant Child Jesus holding a globus cruciger. It was donated to the Carmelite friars in 1628 by Polyxena, First Princess of the House of Lobkowicz.

📝Source: Wikipedia