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anniversaries september
September 12
Holy Name of Mary, Roman Catholic Church
After Jan Sobieski, having entrusted his army to Mary, drove back the Turks from Vienna on September 12, 1683, Pope Innocent XI extended this feast, observed in Spain since 1513, to the whole Church. Until it was dropped in 1969, the feast of the Holy Name of Mary was observed on the Sunday after September 8 (Nativity of Mary). In 2000 it returned to the Catholic calendar on September 12. (Information from "The Holy Name of Mary," www.catholictradition.org/Mary/marys-name.htm. Picture from Magnificat.ca.)Also celebrated this date:
 | Maria im Paradies, Sankt Veit im Pongau, St. Johann, Salzburg, Austria. Foundation stone of convent church laid, 1999. |
| Svetište Marije Kraljice Hrvata, Biskupija, Lika-Senj, Croatia (St. Mary Queen of Croatia). Procession on nearest weekend. |
| Notre-Dame-de-la-Joie, Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany, France. Pardon on following Sunday. |
| Notre-Dame de Pitié, Ranton, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France. Pietà crowned, 1922. Pilgrimage of the sick first Sunday in July. |
| Notre Dame de France, Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France. Monumental statue dedicated, 1860. |
| Maria Hilf, Gaggenau, Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Moosbronn village (Mary Help). Feast on following Sunday. |
| Segítő Mária, Solymár, Pest, Hungary (Mary the Helper). Feast day pilgrimage. |
| Madonna del Prodigio, Como, Como, Lombardy, Italy, Garzola district. Icon found in the Adriatic, 1669; festa. Patron of water sports. |
| Nostra Signora del Bosco, Lumarzo, Genova, Liguria, Italy, Pannesi area. Apparition to mushroom hunter, 1555; procession Sunday after September 8. |
| Maria ad Rupes, Castel Sant'Elia, Viterbo, Latium, Italy. Diocesan patron. Festa: mass and procession. |
| Madonna del Monte, Castiglione Messer Marino, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy (Our Lady of the Mount). Procession. |
| Santa Maria del Lauro, Meta, Napoli, Campania, Italy. Festa. |
| Santa Maria Mater Domini, Vernole, Lecce, Apulia, Italy |
| Our Lady, Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace, Lipa, Philippines. Apparition, 1948. |
| Matka Boża, Płoki, Choszczno, West Pomerania, Poland. 1400s icon crowned, 1982. Patron of Polish worker families. |
| Matka Boża Nieustającej Pomocy, Cracow, Poland (Mother of God of Perpetual Help), Chapel of the University Children's Hospital. Icon crowned, 2001. |
| Nosa Señora dos Remedios, Mondoñedo, Galicia, Spain. Statue crowned, 1954; feast 2nd Sun. |
| Virgen de la Estrella, Casla, Segovia, Castilla, Spain (nearest Sunday) |
| Nuestra Señora del Valle, Valencia del Ventoso, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. Procession, fireworks. |
| Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, Bollullos Par del Condado, Huelva, Andalucia, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora de la Paz, La Frontera, El Hierro, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
| Virgen de los Llanos, El Algar, Murcia, Spain. Town's patronal fiesta, procession. Romería third Sunday in Sept. |