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anniversaries november
November 7
Mariensäule, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
When the Swedes invaded Bavaria during the Thirty
Years War, they left in their wake a plague epidemic that killed about a
third of the population of Munich in 1634-5. To commemorate the victims, and
in thanksgiving for the Swedish retreat, Elector Maximilian I erected a 36'
marble column in the city's main square, topped by an 8' golden statue of
the Virgin and Child. Adam von Gepeckh, Bishop of Freising,
dedicated the Mariensäule,
Mary's Column, on November 7, 1638, the Sunday after All Saints Day. An
ardent devotee of St. Mary, Maximilian had recently proclaimed her Patroness
of Bavaria. The column is not only the tourist landmark in the heart of
historic Munich, but the 0 point for land surveying in Bavaria. (Information
from www.virtualtourist.com and
other sources. Picture by Andreas Rieck from “Alter Blog #9,
Mariensäule, Marienplatz, München,” blog.schwadi.de.)
Also celebrated this date:
 | Madonna ta' Caraffa, Valletta, Malta. Icon in St. John's
Co-Cathedral crowned, 1954. |
| Matka Boża Pocieszenia, Biechowo, Miłosław,
Września, Greater Poland, Poland (Mother
of God of Consolation). Church consecrated, 1677; feast Sept. 8. |
| Virgen del Río, Tarazona, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain |
| Notre Dame du Lac, Togoville, Togo. Apparition, 1973, in a canoe on
Lake Togo. |
| Saint Mary, Park Ridge, New Jersey, USA. Church
established, 1902. |
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