July 2
Our Lady of the Visitation, Piat, Cagayan, Philippines
When Dominican friars from Macao arrived in Piat in 1604, the province of Cagayan was dominated by warring tribes. As miracles accumulated around the friars' papier-mâché image of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, conversions increased, and converts from antagonistic groups united in devotion to the Virgin. In 1623, a shrine was built outside of Piat and the statue brought there in procession. The next day, December 27, the chapel was blessed. Its title was later changed to Our Lady of the Visitation, perhaps after 1737, when on July 2, then the Feast of the Visitation, its roof caved in on a small child found alive after prayers to the Virgin. The statue was canonically crowned in 1954. A new temple, begun in 1988, was dedicated July 18, 1995 by Jaime Cardinal Sin. The Sambali festival leading up to the July 2 feast day involves a costumed dance reenactment of battles between the local tribes and the eventual victory of Christianity. (Picture & history from official website of our lady of piat, www.piatbasilica.com. Festival info from www.lutongbahay.com.)Because the Catholic Church celebrated the Feast of the Visitation on July 2 for a very long period, from 1263 to 1969, many communities still honor Mary under this or associated titles on this date. Particularly in Italy, the visit of pregnant Mary to her pregnant cousin Elizabeth has been linked with her role as bringer of divine grace, and many towns celebrate the Madonna delle Grazie on July 2.
Also commemorated this date:
 | Transfer of the Mantle of the Theotokos at Blachernae, Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
| Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Roman Catholic Church (formerly; now May 31) |
| Onze Lieve Vrouw ter Hulpe, Esen, Diksmuide, West Flanders, Belgium, Esen (Our Lady of Help). Start of novena ending July 10. |
| Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Lombardsijde, Middelkerke, West Flanders, Belgium. Start of novena ending July 10. |
| Notre-Dame du Rempart, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. Chapel inaugurated, 1682, soon after statue found in town wall. |
| Nuestra Señora del Campo, Bogotá, Colombia |
| Notre Dame de Grâce, Crévéchamps, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France. Procession and mass at parish Church of the Assumption. |
| Notre-Dame-de-Beauvais, Le Theil-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France |
| Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours, Val-d'Izé, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France (Our Lady of Good Help). Former fête & pilgrimage. |
| Notre-Dame-d'Etang, Velars-sur-Ouche, Côte d'Or, Burgundy, France |
| Notre-Dame de Vassivière, Besse-en-Chandesse, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France |
| Notre-Dame d'Err, Err, Pyrénées-Orientales, Roussillon, France |
| Notre Dame du Mont Thabor, Le Monêtier-les-Bains, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France. Pilgrimage. |
| Maria vom Blut, Bergatreute, Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Mary of Blood) |
| Maria Heimsuchung, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany (Visitation of Mary) |
| Maria Hilf, Amberg, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany (Mary Help) |
| Maria Hilf, Passau, Bavaria, Germany (nearest Sunday) |
| Madonna Parè, Limana, Belluno, Veneto, Italy |
| Madonna della Crocetta, Castel di Godego, Treviso, Veneto, Italy. Apparition, 1420. |
| Madonna della Visitazione, Loana, Savona, Liguria, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Tovo San Giacomo, Savona, Liguria, Italy |
| Madonna della Cappelletta, Masone, Savona, Liguria, Italy (Madonna of the Little Chapel) |
| Nostra Signora dell'Orto, Chiavari, Genova, Liguria, Italy. Apparition, 1610. Solemnity observed with pontifical mass, fair; procession July 3. |
| Nostra Signora di Montallegro, Rapallo, Genoa, Italy. Apparition, 1557. |
| Madonna delle Grazie al Sasso, Florence, Italy |
| Madonna dell'Oliva, Assisi, Perugia, Umbria, Italy |
| Santa Maria della Macchia, Petrella Salto, Rieti, Latium, Italy |
| Santa Maria Liberatrice, Rome, Italy (nearest Sunday) |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Itri, Latina, Latium, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Esperia, Frosinone, Latium, Italy. Pilgrimage, sung mass. |
| Santa Maria delle Grazie, Teramo, Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy |
| Madonna della Croce, Roio, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy, Poggio di Roio district. Sanctuary consecrated, 1837. Festa Sun. on or after; also May 3. |
| Madonna della Valle, Taranta Peligna, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy |
| Madonna dell'Oliveto, Fara San Martino, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Villa Santa Maria, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Corvara, Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Città Sant'Angelo, Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy |
| Santa Maria delle Grazie, Pianella, Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy |
| Madonna del Piano, Molise, Molise, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Vastogirardi, Isernia, Molise, Italy |
| Madonna della Colomba, Atena Lucana, Salerno, Campania, Italy (Our Lady of the Dove) |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Benevento, Benevento, Campania, Italy. Festa. |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Cerreto Sannita, Benevento, Campania, Italy. Festa. |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Massa Lubrense, Napoli, Campania, Italy, Sant'Agata sui Due Golfi district. Festa: mass, procession, concert. |
| Maria Santissima delle Grazie, Alia, Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Isola delle Femmine, Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Montevago, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Gela, Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy |
| Vergine delle Grazie, Fiandaca, Acireale, Catania, Sicily, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Laganadi, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy |
| Maria Santissima delle Grazie, Villa San Giovanni, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy (Pezzo district) |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Motta Santa Lucia, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Aiello Calabro, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Lattarico, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy |
| Madonna della Bruna, Matera, Basilicata, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Albano di Lucania, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Nemoli, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Latronico, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Pescopagano, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Satriano di Lucania, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Muro Lucano, Matera, Basilicata, Italy |
| Santa Maria della Grotta, Carpignano, Lecce, Puglia, Italy. Festa commemorates apparition July 2, 1568, to old blind man Francisco Vincenti. |
| Madonna del Canneto, Castrignano del Capo, Lecce, Puglia, Italy |
| Santa Maria della Libera, Rodi Garganico, Foggia, Puglia, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Surano, Lecce, Puglia, Italy |
| Matka Boża Lipska, Lubawa, Iława, Warmia-Masuria, Poland |
| Matka Miłosierdzia, Skarżysko-Kamienna, Skarżysko, Świętokrzyskie, Poland. Icon crowned, 2005. |
| Virgen de la Salud, Aliva, Liébana, Cantabria, Spain. |
| Virgen de la Salud, Camaleño, Liébana, Cantabria, Spain |
| Virgen del Carmen, San Sebastián de Garabandal, Rionansa, Sanja-Nansa, Cantabria, Spain. Start of apparitions, 1961, annually commemorated. |
| Virgen de los Remedios, Ruiloba, Occidente, Cantabria, Spain, Liandres district. The Virgin's statue processes from her shrine, meeting with St. Elizabeth's from the parish church. |
| Virgen de los Remedios, Ongayo, Suances, Besaya, Cantabria, Spain |
| Virgen de La Antigua, Zumárraga, Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain. Romería. |
| Nuestra Señora de Montgarri, Naut Aran, Aran Valley, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain |
| Virgen de Santa Isabel, Buesa, Sobrarbe, Huesca, Aragon, Spain (Virgen de Bun) |
| Virgen de la Fuente, Gómara, Soria, Castile and León, Spain |
| Virgen Peregrina, Sahagún, León, Spain (Pilgrim Virgin) |
| Virgen del Mercado, Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Castile and León, Spain (Virgin of the Market). Town patron. |
| Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, Los Llanos de Aridane, La Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
| Our Lady of Madhu, Wanni, Sri Lanka |
| Unsere Liebe Frau im Eigenthal, Schwarzenberg, Lucerne, Switzerland. Plague chapel consecrated, 1517. |
| Maria Heimsuchung, Stans, Nidwalden, Switzerland. Feast day of Mettenweg Chapel. |
| Maria Heimsuchung, Leukerbad, Leuk, Valais, Switzerland |