Our Lady of the Taper received the special “honor” of being burnt at the stake in 1538, in Chelsea, London, along with all the other ancient, famous Madonnas of Great Britain…

The 15th century Mayfield Madonna is listed in Ean Begg’s index of Black Madonnas. Unfortunately, she is not accessible to the public because she lives in a boarding school that once was the palace of an archbishop. Her big right hand points to the earth: our Heavenly Mother pointing the way back to our Mother Earth.

Since nothing is related of her origin and she shares the geometric pattern of the robes of the much more famous Black Madonna of Le-Puy, she may well have been created as a copy of the latter…

The origins of devotion to Our Lady of Willesden are lost in depths of history; but there is evidence…

In 2019, Sarah Bisby, a member of an internet chat group called “Reflecting the Black Madonna”, discovered this fascinating Black Madonna in the heart of London and brought it to my attention…

I don’t know if the original statue of Our Lady of Penrhys was a Black Madonna, but it is likely since she shares many Black Madonna characteristics…

Although Our Lady of Walsingham is not generally referred to as a Black Madonna and her modern reincarnations look rather pale, I am listing her in this index…