A pilgrimage church () is a church to which pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims. Pilgrimage churches are often located by the graves of saints, or hold portraits to which miraculous properties are ascribed or saintly relics that are safeguarded by the church for their veneration. Such relics may include the bones, books or pieces of clothing of the saints, occasionally also fragments of the cross of Jesus, pieces of the crown of thorns, the nails with which he was fixed to the cross and other similar objects. Pilgrimage churches were also built at places where miracles took place. List of Roman Catholic pilgrimage churches Churches are listed in alphabetical order of the sites in or near where they are located. Austria Ardning, Styria: Pilgrimage Church of Frauenberg Bad Leonfelden, Upper Austria: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Schutz am Bründl Berg bei Rohrbach, Upper Austria: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Trost Bergheim near Salzburg: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Plain Christkindl, Upper Austria: Pilgrimage Church of Christkindl Fernitz, Styria: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Trost (Styria) Gaflenz, Upper Austria: St. Sebald am saintnstein Graz, Styria: Maria Grün, Mariatrost Basilica Gurk, Carinthia, Gurk Cathedral (grave of Saint Hemma of Gurk) Gutenstein, Lower Austria: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Heiligengrab, Bleiburg, Carinthia Horn, Lower Austria: Maria Dreieichen Kaltenberg, Upper Austria Kaltenbrunn, Tyrol Linz, Upper Austria: Pöstlingberg Maria Dornach (Mitteldorf), Großkirchheim, Carinthia Maria Gail, Villach Maria Hilf ob Guttaring, Carinthia Maria Laach am Jauerling, Lower Austria Maria Loreto, Saint Andrew i. L., Carinthia Maria Rain, Carinthia St Mary's Church, Maria Saal, Carinthia Maria Schmolln, Upper Austria Pilgrimage Church of Maria Schnee (Maria Luggau), Lesachtal, Carinthia Maria Schnee (at about ten places in Austria and several places in Germany and neighbouring countries) Mariastein, Tyrol Maria Taferl (most important pilgrimage site in Lower Austria) Maria Waitschach, Guttaring, Carinthia Mariazell, Styria – which in 2003–2005 was the venue for the Central European Catholics Day Molln, Upper Austria: Pilgrimage Church of Frauenstein Pottenstein: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Trost im Elend Poysdorf, Lower Austria: Maria Bründl Saalfelden, Salzburg: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Kirchenthal Sankt Jakob im Rosental, Carinthia: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Elend St. Wolfgang, Upper Austria Pilgrimage Church of St. Wolfgang ob Grades, Metnitz, Carinthia Schollach, Lower Austria: Maria Steinparz Seggauberg, Styria: Pilgrimage Church on the Frauenberg near Leibnitz Sonntagberg, Lower Austria Our Dear Lady,