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Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

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founded the Order of the Most Holy Trinity with the mission of ransoming captive Christians. To this end, he placed the order's fund-raising efforts under the patronage of Mary. In gratitude for her assistance, he then honored Mary with the title of "Our Lady of Good Remedy" (also known under the
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states: "1 January, the Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord, is the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, and also the commemoration of the conferral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus." It removed the 11 October feast, even for Portugal, stating: "The Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is
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In the 13th or 14th century, 1 January began to be celebrated in Rome, as already in Spain and Gaul, as the feast of the Circumcision of the Lord and the Octave of the Nativity, while still oriented towards Mary and Christmas, with many prayers,
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stated: "Clearly from earliest times the Blessed Virgin is honoured under the title of Mother of God." and at an early stage the Church in Rome celebrated on 1 January a feast that it called the anniversary
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The Anglican and Lutheran churches retain the medieval association of the octave with the circumcision and the giving of the holy Name.
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celebrated on 1 January in the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God." The 11 October feast is celebrated by
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removed the mention of the circumcision of Jesus and called 1 January simply the Octave of the Nativity.
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for celebration on 11 October and was extended to the entire Catholic Church by
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on 26 December (also known as the Synaxis of the Theotokos), while the
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in the universal calendar which do not normally fall on a Sunday.
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The feast is a celebration of Mary being the mother of
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title "Mother of God" is a literal translation of the
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Index


Blessed Virgin Mary
poetically called
Octave
Christmas
Roman Catholic
Eastern
Catholic Church
Anglican Communion
Byzantine
West Syriac
East Syriac Rites
Coptic Orthodox Church
Mary
Church services
Roman Catholic
Byzantine
West Syriac
East Syriac Rite
Coptic Orthodox Church
Feast of the Circumcision of Christ
feast day
Blessed Virgin Mary
Jesus Christ
circumcised
his birth
Levitical
Law
Lord
Son of God

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