Infant Jesus of Prague

Infant Jesus of Prague Gratiosus Jesulus Pragensis Pražské Jezulátko, Santo Niño de Praga, Divino Menino Jesus, Prager Jesulein
The image wearing its ordinary green vestment along with its present canonical crown
Location	Prague, Czech Republic
Date	1556
Witness	Teresa of Ávila María Manrique de Lara y Mendoza Princess Polyxena of Lobkowicz
Type	Wax coated wooden statue with wooden base and silver erector
Approval	Pope Leo XII Pope Pius X Pope Pius XI Pope Benedict XVI
Shrine	Church of Our Lady of Victories

The Infant Jesus of Prague (Czech: Pražské Jezulátko: Spanish: Niño Jesús de Praga) is a 16th-century wax-coated wooden statue of the Child Jesus holding a globus cruciger of Spanish origin, now located in the Discalced Carmelite Church of Our Lady of Victories in Malá Strana, Prague, Czech Republic. First appearing in 1556, pious legends claim that the statue once belonged to Teresa of Ávila and was consequently donated to the Carmelite friars by Princess Polyxena of Lobkowicz in 1628.

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The image is routinely clothed by the Carmelite nuns in luxurious fabrics with imperial regalia and a golden crown while his left hand holds a globus cruciger and the right hand is raised in a gesture of benediction.^[1] It is venerated on Christmas and the first Sunday of May commemorating both its centenary and "episcopal coronation" in 1655.^[2]