Gregory XIII granted in 1573 a "Feast of the Holy Rosary" to all the churches in possession of a Rosary altar. It was to be celebrated on the first Sunday in October. Pius V begins the whole ...

1561: Dedication of the church, Mary, Queen of Angels, in Rome. 1888: Pope Leo XIII wrote the liturgical texts for the Feast of the Most Holy Rosary. 1928: Dedication of a two-meter high statue of ...

Our merciful God, as you know, raised up against these most direful enemies ... a struggle, the feast which Gregory XIII. dedicated under the title of "The Holy Rosary." Similarly, important ...

The great battle of Lepanto occurred on October 7th 1571. For this reason this date has been chosen as the feast of the Holy Rosary. In 1573 Pope Pius V instituted the feast in thanksgiving for ...

In Jesus’ day, while the Temple still existed, devout Jews made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to be in the Holy City for Passover, the most important feast of the Jewish year. Passover marked the ...