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The Marian Library was established in 1943 by Marianists at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. The library contains a comprehensive collection of materials related to the Blessed Virgin Mary (including books, visual resources, primary source materials, and multimedia) and aims to promote study, research, and devotion. The library maintains a website, The Mary Page, which may be found at
This collection includes Marian prayer cards and leaflets in Indo-European languages. In addition, the collection includes novenas and pious instructions. The majority of cards and leaflets represent the Italic, Germanic, and Slavic language families. Western Romance languages are the most well represented language group in the collection.
The cards and leaflets include text-only materials, printed in a variety of fonts and typefaces, as well as cards and leaflets that include both text and printed graphical elements. The materials in the collection were most likely used in private devotion and represent a variety of European Marian prayers since the 19th century.
The materials are arranged alphabetically by language.
The Marian Library also houses Marian prayer leaflets in English.
This collection was processed by Jillian Slater in 2011.
This collection is open and available to the public for research in the Marian Library reading room. The materials are non-circulating.
Marian prayer cards and leaflets in Indo-European languages, 1848-2012. Marian Library, University of Dayton Libraries, Dayton, Ohio.
The materials in this collection were donated to and collected by the Marian Library.
The Marian Library continues to add materials to this collection.
The materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). The materials are available for personal, educational, and scholarly use. It is the responsibility of the researcher to locate and obtain permission from the copyright owner or his or her heirs for any other use, such as reproduction and publication.