Saint of the Day - September 12
Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
This
feast is a counterpart to the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (January
3); both have the possibility of uniting people easily divided on other
matters.
The feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary began in Spain in 1513 and in
1671 was extended to all of Spain and the Kingdom of Naples. In 1683,
John Sobieski, king of Poland, brought an army to the outskirts of
Vienna to stop the advance of Muslim armies loyal to Mohammed IV in
Constantinople. After Sobieski entrusted himself to the Blessed Virgin
Mary, he and his soldiers thoroughly defeated the Muslims. Pope Innocent
XI extended this feast to the entire Church.
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