page_title: Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy (Yarumal)
section_title: Holy water fonts
hierarchical_section_title: Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy (Yarumal) / Elements / Holy water fonts
caption_attribution_description: Español: Pila de Agua Bendita de la Basílica de Yarumal, Antioquia, Colombia.
context_page_description: The Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy is a minor basilica in Yarumal, Colombia. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos, and is the seat of the parish of the same name. The basilica is devoted to the Virgin Mary, and the patron saint is the Virgin of Mercy. It is the titular church of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga.
  It was designed and built in the Renaissance Revival style as a larger replacement for Yarumal's first church. Begun in 1866, the construction project suffered from multiple difficulties including its enormous cost, the civil wars in the late nineteenth century, its partial collapse in 1890, and an earthquake in 1938. These delayed completion of the church until 1944, at which point it was consecrated. During construction, the Chapel of Saint Aloysius was made a parish church.
  The basilica is rectangular, divided longitudinally into three parts. The main façade is made up of two domed towers joined by the central nave. It is home to several works of art, notably Nuestra Señora de la Merced, a 1798 painting of the Virgin of Mercy that is considered to be miraculous.
context_section_description: The two fonts of holy water were purchased by Father Ernesto Acosta Arteaga in 1945 from the Marmolería Artistica of Hermenegildo Bibolotti. They made of marble, and are 160 centimetres (63 in) heigh. Each has a base, column, and basin to hold the water, and in the middle of this basin is a statue of an angel.
caption: Font of holy water
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