Worlds popular pendant with the German wording: "O MARIA ohne SünDE EMPFANGEN bitte für uns, die wir ZU DIR ZURUCH 1830". History In the Bull Ineffabilis Deus of December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX. the dogma of immaculate conception (immaculata conceptio). She states that Mary has been received free from the flaw of primal guilt, inherited sin, in view of the later motherhood. The typical artistic representation of a Mary Immaculata shows Mary who stands with a foot on the head of a snake, the biblical symbol of sin, and thus symbolically defeates it. The original, as offered here, has six prongs on the stars on the back (usually only five). Finish with smooth, highly polished edge. Each item comes in a high quality gift box. Each item comes in a high quality gift box.