A portable and grippable votive lighting device (1) comprising a grip (20); a lamp holder (40) fixed to said grip (20) and comprising a first electrical lamp holder contact (41) and a second lamp holder electrical contact (42); a first device electrical contact (23) and a second device electrical contact (24) surfacing and exposed outside said grip (20) and arranged at a predetermined mutual distance so as to be touched simultaneously by a user's hand when gripping said grip (20); a first electrical conductor (21) which directly connects said first lamp holder electrical contact (41) and said first device electrical contact (23), and a second electrical conductor (22) which directly connects said second lamp holder electrical contact (42) to said second device electrical contact (24).