Pious tradition records that around AD 40 the Blessed Virgin came to encourage Saint James the Greater as he evangelized Spain, leaving a marble pillar on which her image is still venerated in the basilica at Zaragoza — among the oldest of all Marian shrines.

Honoring Mary's maternal care for the Church's mission, the title celebrates her as the firm pillar and support of the faith in times of trial.

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