“Our Lady of Perpetual Help” is not the only designation that has been given to the icon. Over the years it has been known as “The Golden Madonna”, “Virgin of the Passion”, “Virgin of St Matthew’s”, and “Our Lady of the Home”. However, when Pope Pius IX commissioned the Redemptorists to make the icon known throughout the world, he did so calling the Madonna depicted thereon as “Our Lady of Perpetual Help”.
“Our Lady of Perpetual Help” is not the only designation that has been given to the icon. Over the years it has been known as “The Golden Madonna”, “Virgin of the Passion”, “Virgin of St Matthew’s”, and “Our Lady of the Home”. However, when Pope Pius IX commissioned the Redemptorists to make the icon known throughout the world, he did so calling the Madonna depicted thereon as “Our Lady of Perpetual Help”.
Artistic analysis of the pigments suggests the painted icon is from a period after 1700 CE. This may well explain why the icon offers a synthesis of oriental and occidental elements, especially in the facial features.