Nosa Senhora Desatadora dos Nós (Mary Untier of knots) is a Marian devotion popular in South America. It is believed that she is able to untie small everyday problems and unresolved questions. The devotion stems from a painting by Johann Georg Melchior Schmidtner, from ca. 1700. The painting was commissioned by Pater Rem, who according to the painting’s story, commissioned it due to his grandparents matrimonial issues. When his grandfather Wolfgang Langenmantel (1586–1637) was about to separate from his wife Frau Sophia Rentz (1590–1649), Pater Rem prayed in front of a Marian image and said: „In diesem religiösen Akt erhebe ich das Band der Ehe, löse alle Knoten und glätte es.“ After that, according to the story, the peace returned between the spouses and the separation didn’t take place. Pater Rem commissioned the painting ‘Knotenlöserin’ (The Untier) as a reminder of this event.
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