Oct 262008
![[Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary]](http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd05699.jpg "Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary")
Also known as
- Natività di Maria Vergine
- Nativité di Maria Vergine
About the Feast
This feast probably originated after the Council of Ephesus in 431, which established her right to the title of “Mother of God.” It was first mentioned in a hymn composed by Saint Romanus, an ecclesiastical lyrist of the Greek Church; adopted by the Roman Church in the 17th century.
- chefs
- coffee house keepers
- coffee house owners
- cooks
- distillers
- drapers
- fish dealers
- fishmongers
- gold workers
- goldsmiths
- needle makers
- pin makers
- potters
- restauranteurs
- silk workers
- silver workers
- silversmiths
- tile makers
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- Alzano Scrivia, Italy
- Belfiore, Italy
- Belforte Monferrato, Italy
- Bergamasco, Italy
- Capolona, Italy
- Casasco, Italy
- Fresonara, Italy
- Loreto, Italy
- Meda, Italy
- Citta Invicta, Malta
- Senglea, Malta
- Fornalutx, Spain
Additional Information
MLA Citation
- “Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary“. Saints.SQPN.com. 27 March 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>
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