August 25
Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Paysandú, Uruguay
On August 25, 1860, the cornerstone was laid of a new building to replace the little thatched parish church of St. Benedict the Moor in Paysandú, a growing settlement in western Uruguay on the Argentine border. In 1864, when almost completed, the new church was destroyed by Brazilian cannon fire during a regional conflict. Rebuilt in the 1870s, the neoclassical building was dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary along with St. Benedict the Moor. In 1882, fire destroyed the main altar and the statue of the Virgin of the Rosary. The present statue was blessed on May 25, 1886. In 1898, Italian artist Antonio Buscaglia decorated the interior with paintings in fresco and tempera. Their magnificence contributed to Pope Pius XII's 1949 designation of the church as a Basilica Minor. Somewhat deteriorated after over a century, the historic Basilica underwent restoration in 2012.
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Also commemorated this date:
 | Notre-Dame de Lourdes, Saint-Loup, Jura, Franche-Comté, France. Grotto inaugurated, 1935. |
| Notre Dame de la Guèrison, Courmayeur, Aosta, Valle d'Aosta, Italy (Our Lady of the Healing). Present church consecrated, 1868. |
| Santa Maria del Cengio, Isola Vicentino, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. Festa. Also July 2. |
| Maria Santissima della Misericordia, Macerata, Macerata, Marche, Italy. Early 1500s painting crowned, 1721. Festa first Sunday in September. |
| Madonna Paolina, Leonessa, Rieti, Latium, Italy, San Giovenale district. Festa: mass, blessing of tractors, dance. |
| Santa Maria di Costantinopoli, Ischia, Napoli, Campania, Italy (St. Mary of Constantinople). Statue crowned, 1794. |
| Matka Boża Mrzygłodzka, Mrzygłód, Sanok, Subcarpathia, Poland. Icon crowned, 1996. |
| Virgen del Monte Santo, Villarluengo, Teruel, Aragón, Spain (Virgin of the Holy Mount). Fiesta: traditional music and dancing. |