Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Description
The feast celebrates the taking up of the body of the Blessed Virgin
Mary into heaven upon her death. Pope Benedict XIV declared that it was a
probable opinion, impious to deny, though not an article of faith, that
the Assumption was true. One 1 November 1950, Pope Pius XII defined it
as dogma in the apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus. The
origin of the feast day is not known but it was celebrated in Palestine
before the year 500. It is a holy day of obligation, its vigil being a
fast day, in all English-speaking countries except Canada. Among the
many masters who have painted the subject of the Assumption are Fra
Angelico, Ghirlandajo, Rubens, Del Sarto, and Titian.
Patronage
• Acadians, Cajuns• Cistercian Order, Cistercians
• fish dealers, fishmongers
• French air crews
• harness makers
• France
• Guatemala
• India
• Jamaica
• Malta
• Paraguay
• Slovakia
• east Africa (proclaimed on 15 March 1952 by Pope Pius XII)
• south Africa (proclaimed on 15 March 1952 by Pope Pius XII)
• 25 dioceses
• 38 cities
Blog post courtesy:
http://catholicsaints.info/assumption-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary/
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