Our Lady of Loreto
Patron of aviators, air travelers
Our Lady of Loreto honors Mary and the Holy House of Nazareth, which has been venerated since the late 13th century in the hilltop town of Loreto, on Italy's Adriatic coast. Inside the great basilica stands a small stone house that tradition holds to be part of the home where Mary was born, where the angel Gabriel announced that she would be the Mother of God, and where the Holy Family lived.