Solemnity
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Feast day
- August 15
Life
The Assumption celebrates the dogma that the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the end of her earthly life, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, as defined by Pope Pius XII in 1950.
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