Our Lady Help of the Christians - May 24th saintoftheday Auxilium Christianorum – May 24 Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Descriptions of the Battle of Lepanto based on the Catholic chronicles of the …More
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Auxilium Christianorum – May 24
Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
Descriptions of the Battle of Lepanto based on the Catholic chronicles of the time do not mention an important fact found in the Muslim sources. The latter report that at a certain moment during the battle when the Catholic forces were being defeated, the Turkish fleet saw a majestic and terrible Lady in the sky. She was looking at them with such a menacing gaze that they could not bear it, lost their courage, and fled.
The battle taking place was the greatest naval battle in History to that date, and all Christendom waited in understandable suspense for its outcome. In a certain sense, the future of Europe was being decided there. Protestantism had created a fracture in Christendom, and religious wars were springing up everywhere.
Because their forces were needed on various fronts, the Catholic nations probably could not have faced a Muslim invasion into southern …More
Auxilium Christianorum – May 24
Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
Descriptions of the Battle of Lepanto based on the Catholic chronicles of the time do not mention an important fact found in the Muslim sources. The latter report that at a certain moment during the battle when the Catholic forces were being defeated, the Turkish fleet saw a majestic and terrible Lady in the sky. She was looking at them with such a menacing gaze that they could not bear it, lost their courage, and fled.
The battle taking place was the greatest naval battle in History to that date, and all Christendom waited in understandable suspense for its outcome. In a certain sense, the future of Europe was being decided there. Protestantism had created a fracture in Christendom, and religious wars were springing up everywhere.
Because their forces were needed on various fronts, the Catholic nations probably could not have faced a Muslim invasion into southern …More
Our Lady Help of the Christians - May 24
Auxilium Christianorum
Memorial
24 May
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The feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians, was instituted by Pope Pius VII. By order of Napoleon, the Pope was arrested on 5 July 1808, and imprisoned at Savona, Italy and Fontainebleau, France. In January 1814, after the Battle of Leipzig, he was brought back to Savona and set free on 17 March, the …More
Our Lady Help of the Christians - May 24
Auxilium Christianorum
Memorial
24 May
Profile
The feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians, was instituted by Pope Pius VII. By order of Napoleon, the Pope was arrested on 5 July 1808, and imprisoned at Savona, Italy and Fontainebleau, France. In January 1814, after the Battle of Leipzig, he was brought back to Savona and set free on 17 March, the eve of the feast of Our Lady of Mercy, the patroness of Savona. The journey to Rome was a veritable triumphal march with the pontiff, attributing the victory of the Church after so much agony and distress, to the Blessed Virgin. He visited many of her sanctuaries on the way, crowning her images, and entered Rome on 24 May 1814 to enthusiastic crowds. To commemorate his own sufferings and those of the Church during his exile he extended the feast of the Seven Dolours of Mary to the universal Church on 18 September 1814.
When Napoleon left Elba and returned to Paris, Murat was about to march through the Papal States from Naples. Pius VII fled to Savona on 22 March 1815, where he crowned the image of Our Lady of Mercy on 10 May 1815. Following the Congress of Vienna and Battle of Waterloo, he returned to Rome on 7 July 1815. To give thanks to God and Our Lady, he instituted the feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians for the Papal States on 15 September 1815; it was celebrated on 24 May, the anniversary of his first return. The dioceses in the Tuscany region adopted it on 12 February 1816, and it spread over nearly the entire Latin Church.
They hymns of the Office were composed by Brandimarte. It is the patronal feast of Australasia, a double of the first class with an octave, and is celebrated with great splendour in the churches of the Fathers of the Foreign Missions of Paris. It has attained special celebrity since Saint John Bosco dedicated the mother church of his congregation at Turin to Our Lady, Help of Christians. The Salesian Fathers have carried the devotion to their numerous establishments, and prayers for her intervention are credited with the miraculous cure of Blessed Artemide Zatti.
Patronage
elderly people of Italy
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Australia (proclaimed on 17 July 1916 by Pope Benedict XV)
China
New Zealand
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Andorran security forces
Austrialian military chaplains
New York
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Diocese of Shrewsbury, England
Diocese of Townsville, Australia
Military Ordinariate of Australia
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Cabras, Italy
Caselle di Selvazzano, Italy
Auxilium Christianorum
Memorial
24 May
Profile
The feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians, was instituted by Pope Pius VII. By order of Napoleon, the Pope was arrested on 5 July 1808, and imprisoned at Savona, Italy and Fontainebleau, France. In January 1814, after the Battle of Leipzig, he was brought back to Savona and set free on 17 March, the eve of the feast of Our Lady of Mercy, the patroness of Savona. The journey to Rome was a veritable triumphal march with the pontiff, attributing the victory of the Church after so much agony and distress, to the Blessed Virgin. He visited many of her sanctuaries on the way, crowning her images, and entered Rome on 24 May 1814 to enthusiastic crowds. To commemorate his own sufferings and those of the Church during his exile he extended the feast of the Seven Dolours of Mary to the universal Church on 18 September 1814.
When Napoleon left Elba and returned to Paris, Murat was about to march through the Papal States from Naples. Pius VII fled to Savona on 22 March 1815, where he crowned the image of Our Lady of Mercy on 10 May 1815. Following the Congress of Vienna and Battle of Waterloo, he returned to Rome on 7 July 1815. To give thanks to God and Our Lady, he instituted the feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians for the Papal States on 15 September 1815; it was celebrated on 24 May, the anniversary of his first return. The dioceses in the Tuscany region adopted it on 12 February 1816, and it spread over nearly the entire Latin Church.
They hymns of the Office were composed by Brandimarte. It is the patronal feast of Australasia, a double of the first class with an octave, and is celebrated with great splendour in the churches of the Fathers of the Foreign Missions of Paris. It has attained special celebrity since Saint John Bosco dedicated the mother church of his congregation at Turin to Our Lady, Help of Christians. The Salesian Fathers have carried the devotion to their numerous establishments, and prayers for her intervention are credited with the miraculous cure of Blessed Artemide Zatti.
Patronage
elderly people of Italy
–
Australia (proclaimed on 17 July 1916 by Pope Benedict XV)
China
New Zealand
–
Andorran security forces
Austrialian military chaplains
New York
–
Diocese of Shrewsbury, England
Diocese of Townsville, Australia
Military Ordinariate of Australia
–
Cabras, Italy
Caselle di Selvazzano, Italy
Our Lady, Help of Christians
Our Lady of Sheshan
Our Lady of Quercioli
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Afra of Brescia
Benedict of Cassino
David of Scotland
Diego Alonso
Donatian of Nantes
Gennadius of Astroga
Hubert of Bretigny
Isidore Ngei Ko Lat
Joanna the Myrrhbearer
John del Prado
John of Montfort
Juan of Huete
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau
Manahen
Maria Gargani
Mario Vergara
Meletius the Soldier
Nicetas of Pereslav
Patrick of …More
Our Lady, Help of Christians
Our Lady of Sheshan
Our Lady of Quercioli
—
Afra of Brescia
Benedict of Cassino
David of Scotland
Diego Alonso
Donatian of Nantes
Gennadius of Astroga
Hubert of Bretigny
Isidore Ngei Ko Lat
Joanna the Myrrhbearer
John del Prado
John of Montfort
Juan of Huete
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau
Manahen
Maria Gargani
Mario Vergara
Meletius the Soldier
Nicetas of Pereslav
Patrick of Bayeux
Philip of Piacenza
Rogatian of Nantes
Sérvulo of Trieste
Simeon Stylites the Younger
Thomas Vasière
Vincent of Lérins
Vincent of Porto Romano
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Martyrs of Istria 5+ saints
Martyrs of Plovdiv
Martyrs of the Small West Gate
Martyred Mothers of Galatia
Marciana
Palladia
Susanna
—
Segin of Armagh
Our Lady of Sheshan
Our Lady of Quercioli
—
Afra of Brescia
Benedict of Cassino
David of Scotland
Diego Alonso
Donatian of Nantes
Gennadius of Astroga
Hubert of Bretigny
Isidore Ngei Ko Lat
Joanna the Myrrhbearer
John del Prado
John of Montfort
Juan of Huete
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau
Manahen
Maria Gargani
Mario Vergara
Meletius the Soldier
Nicetas of Pereslav
Patrick of Bayeux
Philip of Piacenza
Rogatian of Nantes
Sérvulo of Trieste
Simeon Stylites the Younger
Thomas Vasière
Vincent of Lérins
Vincent of Porto Romano
—
Martyrs of Istria 5+ saints
Martyrs of Plovdiv
Martyrs of the Small West Gate
Martyred Mothers of Galatia
Marciana
Palladia
Susanna
—
Segin of Armagh