Sacre-Coeur, Paris is publicly dedicated to a cult.
The devotion to the Sacred Heart -LRB- also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus , Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu in Latin -RRB- is one of the most widely practiced and well-known Roman Catholic devotions , taking Jesus Christ 's physical heart as the representation of his divine love for humanity .. Roman Catholic devotions. Roman Catholic devotions. This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and among some high-church Anglicans and Lutherans .. Roman Catholic Church. Roman Catholic Church. high-church. high church. Anglicans. Anglicanism. Lutherans. Lutheranism. The devotion is especially concerned with what the Church deems to be the longsuffering love and compassion of the heart of Christ towards humanity .. The origin of this devotion in its modern form is derived from a Roman Catholic nun from France , Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque , who said she learned the devotion from Jesus during a series of apparitions to her between 1673 and 1675 , and later , in the 19th century , from the mystical revelations of another Roman Catholic nun in Portugal , Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart , a religious of the Good Shepherd , who requested in the name of Christ that Pope Leo XIII consecrate the entire world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus .. Margaret Mary Alacoque. Margaret Mary Alacoque. Mary of the Divine Heart. Mary of the Divine Heart. nun. nun. France. France. apparitions. Visions of Jesus and Mary. Portugal. Portugal. Pope Leo XIII. Pope Leo XIII. Predecessors to the modern devotion arose unmistakably in the Middle Ages in various facets of Catholic mysticism .. Middle Ages. Middle Ages. Catholic mysticism. Christian mysticism