Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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The feast celebrates the assumption of the body of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven upon her death. According to Pope Benedict XIV, it is a probable opinion, which it is impious to deny, though not an article of faith. 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.
Name Meaning
- ad, to; sumere, to take (latin)
- Acadians
- Alezio, Italy
- Arquata Scrivia, Piedmont, Italy
- Bard, Aosta, Italy
- Bathurst, Canada, diocese of
- Bolzano, Italy
- Cajuns
- Carentino, Piedmont, Italy
- Casal Cermelli, Piedmont, Italy
- Cerreto d’Esi, Ancona, Italy
- Chartres, France
- Cheyenne, Wyoming, diocese of
- Cistercian Order
- Cistercians
- Coniolo, Piedmont, Italy
- Decollatura, Italy
- Etroubles, Aosta, Italy
- Fabbrica Curone, Piedmont, Italy
- Fall River, Massachusetts, diocese of
- Fargo, North Dakota, diocese of
- Fermo, Italy
- fish dealers
- fishmongers
- France
- French air crews
- Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland, diocese of
- Ghaxaq, Malta
- Greensburg, Pennsylvania, diocese of
- Guatemala
- Guazzora, Piedmont, Italy
- Gudja, Malta
- Hal Ghaxaq, Malta
- harness makers
- Il-Gudja, Malta
- Il-Mosta, Malta
- India
- Issogne, Aosta, Italy
- Jamaica
- Loro Ciuffenna, Arezzo, Italy
- Malta
- Maryland, USA
- Moncestino, Piedmont, Italy
- Montecastello, Piedmont, Italy
- Montegioco, Piedmont, Italy
- Morlupo, Italy
- Mosta, Malta
- Paraguay
- Pian di Sco, Arezzo, Italy
- San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines, diocese of
- Seattle, Washington, archdiocese of
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- Stia, Arezzo, Italy
- Trapani, Sicily, Italy
- Trenton, New Jersey, diocese of
- Trisobbio, Piedmont, Italy
- Villeneuve, Aosta, Italy
- Zia Indian Pueblo
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