Salus Populi Romani

The Salus Populi Romani is a Byzantine icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rome, depicting Mary and Child Jesus holding a Gospel book. The image arrived in Rome in 590 AD and was venerated by Pope St. Gregory I. It received a canonical coronation in 1838 and another in 1954, with a public religious procession held during the Marian year of 1954. The image has been restored by the Vatican Museum and was given a Pontifical Mass in 2018. It is held to have arrived from Crete in 590 AD and was originally placed above the door to the baptistery chapel of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, where it was called Regina Caeli in 1240. The image is considered one of the "Luke images" believed to have been painted from real life by Saint Luke. It is painted on a cedar panel and depicts Mary wearing a gold-trimmed, dark blue mantle over a purple/red tunic, with Christ holding a book and raising his right hand in a blessing.learn more on wikipedia