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 marian
anniversaries september
September 9
Santa María la Antigua, Panama City, Panama
In 1510 Martín Fernández de Enciso and Vasco Nuñez de Balboa founded a
town in Chief Cémaco's territory on the west shore of the Gulf of Urabá,
initially named La
Guardia and a few months later renamed Santa María la Antigua, fulfilling a vow they made to the Virgin if they emerged alive from the confrontation with the natives. Chief
Cémaco's house was converted into a chapel in honor of St. Mary the Ancient,
named for the Madonna in the cathedral in Fernández de Enciso's home town of
Seville, Spain. A Christian community developed there composed of native converts and Spaniards. On September 9, 1513,
Pope Leo X created the first mainland diocese with the bull "Pastoralis Officii
Debitum," transforming the little chapel of St. Mary the Ancient into a cathedral under
the Archdiocese of Seville. Later the see moved to the newer city of Panama, whose
cathedral was dedicated to Santa María la Antigua on April 4, 1796. In 2001 the Vatican confirmed St. Mary the Ancient as patron of the Republic of Panama, setting September 9 as
her feast day for the country.
Sources:
 | Conferencia Episcopal Panameña,
www.iglesia.org.pa |
| Hispanic Heritage Plaza 2003,
www.hispaniconline.com (photo) |
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Also celebrated this date:
| Nuestra Señora de Aránzazu, San Fernando de la Buena Vista, Gran Buenos
Aires, Argentina. City's patronal fiesta: procession, mass. |
| Notre-Dame de Chèvremont, Chaudfontaine, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium.
Statue crowned, 1923. |
| Notre Dame de l'Assomption, Ecouis, l'Eure, Normandy, France. Church consecrated,
1313. |
| Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Violot, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France (Our Lady of
the Woods). An apparition to Fr. Jean Edouard Lamy, September 9, 1909,
inspired him to build the shrine. |
| Notre Dame de Benoîte-Vaux, Rambluzin-et-Benoite-Vaux, Meuse, Grand Est,
France. Diocesan fête: mass, procession. |
| Notre Dame de l'Assomption, Ecouis, l'Eure, Normandy, France. Collegiate
church consecrated, 1313 |
| Notre Dame de Buglose, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
Statue crowned, 1866. Journées Mariales, Sunday before September 8 through
Sunday
after. |
| Maria Bambina, Milan, Italy. Festa del miracolo celebrates nun's healing,
1884. Main feast day September 8. |
| Natività della Beata Vergine Maria, Bondone, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige,
Italy. Votive procession. |
| Madonna delle Grazie, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Apulia, Italy. Mass,
procession, fireworks, music. |
| Madonna del Monte Saraceno, Calvello, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy. Statue
crowned September 9, 1947 returns from mountain sanctuary. |
| Madonna di Lourdes, Moliterno, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy. Festa shared
with St. Roch; not Catholic feast day of either. |
| Notre-Dame de Zahlé et de la Békaa, Zahlé, Beqaa, Lebanon. Sanctuary inaugurated, 1968. |
| Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu, San Mateo, Rizal, Philippines |
| Theotokos, Perrelos, Carcar, Cebu, Philippines.
Statue blessed & miracle of the sun, 1992. |
| Matka
Boża Okulicka, Okulice, Bochnia, Małopolska, Poland (Mother of God of
Okulice). 1500s icon crowned, 1962. |
| Matka Boża Opieki, Zamość, Lublin, Poland. Icon in cathedral crowned,
2000; feasts 2nd Sun. after Easter & Sept. 8. |
| Virgen de la Armada, Celanova, Orense, Galicia, Spain. Romería. Invoked
for illness of the head. |
| Nuestra Señora de la Caridad, Ruiloba, Occidente, Cantabria, Spain (Our
Lady of Charity) |
| Arantzazuko Ama, Oñati, Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain (Mother of
Arantzazu) |
| Arantzazuko Ama, Zizurkil, Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain, Elbarrena
district |
| Mare de Déu de la Serra, Montblanc, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain (Mother
of God of the Mountains). Statue crowned, 1906. |
| Nuestra Señora del Valle, Écija, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain. Statue
crowned,
1999. Patron and Perpetual Mayor of Écija. Fiesta Sept. 8. |
| Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Society approved,
1994. |
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