page_title: Nombre de Dios (mission)
section_title: Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche
hierarchical_section_title: Nombre de Dios (mission) / Grounds and features / Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche
caption_attribution_description: English: Front of Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche 1
context_page_description: Nombre de Dios is a Spanish Catholic mission in St. Augustine, Florida, United States, on the west side of Matanzas Bay. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine.
context_section_description: The devotion to Our Lady of La Leche was brought over from Spain in the late 1500s, and the mission grounds served as the site of the first Marian Shrine in the United States. The centerpiece of the shrine is a statue of the Virgin Mary nursing the infant Jesus, which is a replica of the Our Lady of La Leche statue placed in a cathedral in Spain by Phillip III. The original chapel was destroyed in 1728 during the British siege of St. Augustine and was rebuilt in 1875 by Bishop Augustin Verot, though it later suffered damage from a hurricane. The current ivy-covered chapel, which seats about 30 people, was built in 1914 and is a replica of previous chapels built of coquina. The shrine is a popular religious pilgrimage site, with many visitors seeking blessings and intercessions for successful pregnancy and delivery.
  In October 2019, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) elevated the Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche at Nombre de Dios to national shrine status.
caption: Front of Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche
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