where did the prayer hail mary come from
Hail Mary The prayer incorporates two passages from Saint Luke's Gospel: "Hail, the Lord is with thee."[1] and "Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb." And "full of grace" from John 1:14.[2] In mid-13th-century Western Europe the prayer consisted only of these words with the single addition of the name "Mary" after the word "Hail", as is evident from the commentary of Saint Thomas Aquinas on the prayer.[3]
Our Lady of the Pillar Our Lady of the Pillar (Spanish: Nuestra SeÃ±ora del Pilar) is the name given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in connection with local tradition, canonically recognized since 1723, that she appeared to the Apostle James the Greater as he was praying by the banks of the Ebro at Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza), Hispania, in AD 40. The celebrated wooden image is enshrined at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza.