Memorial
Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Feast day
- August 22
Life
This memorial honors the Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth, sharing in the royal dignity of her Son. Pope Pius XII established the feast in 1954 with the encyclical Ad Caeli Reginam, and the 1969 calendar reform placed it on August 22, the octave day of the Assumption, linking Mary's heavenly glory with her queenship.
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