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Marian Feast Days MARIAN FEAST DAYS From around the World January 1 - Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God 2 - Our Lady of the Pillar (Zaragossa, Spain) 3 - Our Lady of Sichem (Belgium) 4 - Our Lady of Treves (Germany) 5 - Our Lady of Abundance or Prosperity (Cursi, Italy) 6 - Our Lady of Cana 7 - Our Lady of Egypt 8 - Our Lady of Prompt Succor (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA) 9 - Our Lady of Beyond the Tiber (Rome) 9 - Our Lady of Clemency, or Mercy of Absam (Near Innsbruck, Austria) 10 - Our Lady of the Guides (Constantinople) 11 - Our Lady of Bessiere (Limousin, France) 12 - Our Lady of the Broad Street (Rome) 13 - Our Lady of Victory (Prague, Czechoslovakia) 14 - Our Lady of the Word (Montserrat, Spain) 15 - Our Lady of the Crops (Syria) 15 - Our Lady of Banneux (Belgium) 16 - Our Lady, Refuge of sinners (Spain) 17 - Our Lady of Peace, Rome (1483) 17 - Our Lady of Pontmain (France) 18 - Our Lady of Dijon (France) 19 - Our Lady of Gimout (Citeaux, France) 20 - Our Lady of Tables (Montpellier, France) 20 - Madonna del Miracolo/Our Lady of the Miracle 21 - Our Lady of Consolation (Rome) 21 - Our Lady of Altagracia 22 - Our Lady of Charity 23 - Our Lady's Espousals to St. Joseph 24 - Our Lady of Damascus 24 - Our Lady of Tears 25 - All-Holy Milk Giver, Hilandar Monastery, Mt. Athos, Macedonia, Greece. 26 - Our Lady of The Fields (Madrid, Spain) 27 - Our Lady of Life (Provence, France) 28 - Our Lady of Prompt Succor (Rouen, France) 29 - Our Lady of Chatillon sur Seine (France) 30 - Our Lady of the Rose (Lucca, Italy) February 2 - Presentation of the Lord Jesus by the Blessed Virgin Mary 2 - The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2 - Our Lady of Candelaria (candlemas) 3 - Our Lady of Suyapa, Patroness of Honduras 3 - Our Lady of Saideneida (Damascus) 4 - Our Lady of Fire (Forli, Italy) 6 - Our Lady of Louvain (Belgium) 7 - Our Lady of Grace (or Our Lady of the Bowed Head) (Rome) 9 - Our Lady of the Bells, Cathedral of Saintes (France) 10 - Our Lady of the Doves (Bologna, Italy) 11 - Our Lady of Lourdes (France) 11 - Our Lady of the Divine Commission (Canada) 12 - Our Lady of Argenteuil (Paris, France) 12 - Our Lady of Iveron (Russia) 13 - Our Lady of Pellevoisin (France) 14 - Our Lady of Bourbourg, Flanders 15 - Our Lady of Paris (France) 16 - Our Lady of the Thorn (Chalons-sur-Marne, France) 17 - Our Lady of Constantinople (Bari, Turkey) 18 - Our Lady of Laon (Rheims, France) 19 - Our Lady of Good Tidings (Lempdes, France) 20 - Our Lady of Boulogne sur Mer (France) 21 - Our Lady of Bonport, Dol (France) 21 - Our Lady of Good Haven (France) 22 - Our Lady of Succor (Rennes, France) 23 - Our Lady of Rocks (Near Salamanca, Spain) 25 - Our Lady of Victory (Constantinople) 25 - Our Lady of Great Power (Quebec, Canada) 26 - Our Lady of the Fields (Paris France) 27 - Our Lady of Light (Lisbon, Portugal and Palermo, Italy) 28 - Our Lady of Sinners (Italy) 29 - Our Lady of Supreme Pardon (France) March 1 - Our Lady Della Croce (Crema, Italy) 2 - Our Lady of Apparitions (Madrid, Spain) 3 - Our Lady of Angels of Toulouse (France) 3 - Our Lady of Longpont (Valois, France) 4 - Our Lady de la Guard (Marseille, France) 5 - Our Lady of Good Help (Montreal Canada). 6 - Our Lady of Nazareth (Pierre Noire, Portugal) 7 - Our Lady of the Star (Villa Viciosa, Portugal) 8 - Our Lady of Virtues (Lisbon, Portugal) 9 - Our Lady of Savigny (France) 10 - Our Lady of the Vineyard (Bavaria, Germany) 11 - Our Lady of the Forests (Porto, Portugal and Britain) 12 - Our Lady of Miracles (St. Maur des Fosses, France) 13 - Our Lady of the Empress (Rome) 14 - Our Lady de la Breche (Chartres, France) 15 - Our Lady of the Underground (Chartres, France) 16 - Our Lady of the Fountain (Constantinople) 17 - Our Lady of Ireland or the Madonna of Ireland 18 - Cathedral of Our Lady of Loreto 18 - Our Lady of Mercy of Savona 19 - Our Lady of the Cape (Quebec, Canada) 20 - Our Lady of Calevourt (Near Brussels, Belgium) 21 - Our Lady of Bruges, Flanders 22 - Our Lady of Citeaux (France) 23 - Our Lady of Victory of Lepanto, Hungary 23 - Our Lady of Victories 24 - Our Lady of the Thorn (France) 25 - The Annunciation of Jesus to Mary by the Angel Gabriel 25 - Our Lady of Balsamao (Portugal) 26 - Our Lady of Soissons (France) 27 - Our Lady of Foggia (Italy) 28 - Our Lady of Castelbruedo (Catalonia, Spain). 29 - Apparition of Our Lady to St. Bonet 29 - Our Lady Aracoeli [Ara Coeli = Altar of Heaven] (Rome, Italy) 30 - Our Lady of Auvergne (France) 31 - Our Lady of the Holy Cross (Jerusalem) Moveable Feasts • Palm Sunday - Notre Dame (Chartres, Eure et Loire, Centre, France) • Monday before Easter - Virgen de la Soledad (Murcia, Spain) • Wednesday before Easter - Virgen de Copacabana de Punta Corral (Jujuy, Argentina) • Thursday before Easter - Ty Mamm Doué, Kerfeunteun, Quimper (Brittany, France) • Good Friday - Notre Dame des 7 Douleurs (Hondelange, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium) • Holy Saturday - Virgen de la Soledad de los Pobres (Cartagena, Murcia, Spain). • Easter Sunday - Maria della Mercede (Sicily, Italy) • Easter Monday - Notre-Dame de Vie (Venasque, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France) • Tuesday after Easter - Madonna delle Grazie (Spezzano Albanese, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy) • Thursday after Easter - Madonna degli Angeli (Sternatia, Lecce, Apulia, Italy) • Friday after Easter - Life-Giving Spring (Turkey) • Saturday after Easter - Virgen del Prado (Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Castile- La Mancha, Spain) • Sunday after Easter - Nossa Senhora das Necessidades (Soalheira, Castelo Branco, Beira Baixa, Portugal) • Second Monday after Easter - Nossa Senhora da Penha (Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil) • Second Sunday after Easter - Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Haifa, Israel) • Third Sunday in April - Virgen del Sol (Spain) • Third Sunday after Easter - Schöne Madonna (Maria Saal, Klagenfurt-Land, Carinthia, Austria) • Penultimate Sunday in April - Virgen de la Cabeza (El Carpio, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain) • Third Monday after Easter - Our Lady of Miracles (Mapusa, North Goa, Goa, India) • Last Saturday in April - Madonna Incoronata (Borgo Incoronata, Foggia, Apulia, Italy) • Last Sunday in April - Virgen de la Cueva Santa (Spain) April 1 - Our Lady of Tears (Sicily) 1 - Our Lady of Arabia (Al Ahmadi, Kuwait) 2 - Our Lady of the Highest Grace (Higuey, Dominican Republic) 2 - Our Lady the Great (Poitiers, France) 2 - Saint Mary Church (Zeitoun, Cairo, Egypt) 3 - Apparition of Our Lord to Our Lady & the Apostles in the upper room 3 - Our Lady of La Consolata (Nairobi, Kenya) 4 - Our Lady of Grace (Normandy, France) 4 - Our Lady of Ephesus (Turkey) 5 - Our Lady of Divine Providence (Cussanio, Italy) 5 - Our Lady of the Annunciation of Moulins (Allier, France) 6 - Our Lady of the Conception (Flanders) 6 - Mater ter Admirabilis (Ingolstadt, Germany) 7 - Our Lady of Puig (Valencia, Spain) 7 - The Annunciation (Armenian Church) 8 - Our Lady of the Valley (Sicily, Italy) 8 - Mother of God (Boronyavo, Ukraine) 9 - Virgin of Espino (Chauchina, Spain) 10 - Santa Maria delle Vergini (Macerata, Italy) 10 - Our Lady of Naval [or Laval] (Manila, Philippines) 11 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Antwerp, Belgium) 11 - Our Lady of Fourviere (France) 12 - Our Lady of Charity (Cobre, Cuba) 12 - Virgin of the Valley (Catamarca, Argentina) 13 - Apparition of Our Lady to Blessed Osanna of Mantua. (Italy) 13 - Our Lady of Epernaya (France) 14 - Apparition of Our Lady to Saint Lidwina 14 - Our Lady of Guam (Kamalem, Guam) 15 - Our Lady of Kiev (Russia) 15 - Our Lady of the Divine Mercy (Benin) 16 - Our Lady of Victories in the Church of St. Mark (Venice) 16 - Unfading Flower (Moscow, Russia) 17 - Our Lady of Arrabida (Portugal) 17 - Our Lady of Patrocinio (Argentina) 18 - Annunciation (Naples, Italy) 19 - Our Lady of Lyons (France) 19 - Virgin of Verdún (Minas, Uruguay) 20 - Our Lady of Schier (Bavaria) 20 - The Virgin of Sorrows (Quito, Ecuador) 21 - Institution of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception (Toledo, Spain) 21 - Our Lady (Manaoag, Philippines) 22 - Our Lady of Betharam (France) 22 - Miraculous Lady (Illinois, USA) 23 - Our Lady of Mende (Africa) 23 - Madonna di San Biagio (Tuscany, Italy) 24 - Our Lady of Bonaria (Island of Sardinia) 24 - Our Lady Of Buenos Aires (Argentina) 24 - Our Lady of Good Success (Penamacor, Castelo Branco, Centro, Portugal)) 24 - Madonna Addolorata [Our Lady of Sorrows] (Rho, Milano, Lombardy, Italy) 25 - Mother of God (Murom, Vladimir, Russia) 26 - Mary, Mother of Good Counsel 26 - Our Lady of Naïera, Navarre 26 - Immaculate Conception [Inmaculada Concepción] (Santiago, Chile) 27 - Our Lady La Moreneta (Spain) 28 - Our Lady of the Oak (Anjou, France) 28 - Our Lady of Quito "Our Lady of the Earthquake" (Ecuador) 28 - Frau Stifterin [The Founding Lady] (Ettal, Bavaria, Germany) 29 - Our Lady of Faith (Amiens, France) 29 - Madonna del Castello (Pompeii, Italy) 30 - Our Lady of Africa (Algiers) 30 - Our Lady of sorrows (Longtian, Fuzhou, Fujian, East China) 30 - Madonna delle Rive [Madonna of the Rive] (Faido, Ticino, Switzerland) Moveable Feasts • Third Tuesday after Easter - Samara Mother of God (Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) • First Saturday in May - Virgen del Buen Suceso (La Gineta, Albacete, La Mancha, Spain) • Saturday nearest May 8 - Chlum Svaté Márí (Sokolov, Czech Republic) • Fourth Sunday after Easter - Madonna dei Miracoli (Lonigo, Venezia, Veneto, Italy) • 1st Sun. in May - Notre-Dame du Liban (Lebanon) • Sunday after May 3 - Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Kerselare (Edelare, Oudenaarde, East Flanders, Belgium) • First Monday in May - Virgen de la Carrasca (Bordón,
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