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May 3
Matka Boża Królowa Polski, Poland
In 1617, Jesuit missionary Julio Mancinelli, then in
Naples, had a revelation in which the Mother of God told him she wished to
be known as Queen of Poland. By 1655, when the Swedes invaded Poland,
Mary's new title was already known throughout the Polish-Lithuanian
Commonwealth. After the Poles raised the Swedish siege of the monastery of
Czestochowa, its beloved Black Madonna
(left) became especially associated with
the title. On April 1, 1656, King Jan Casimir proclaimed the Mother of God
the "Queen of the Polish Crown" and the shrine of Jasna Gora at
Czestochowa its spiritual capital. In 1923, Pope Pius XI designated May 3
as the Feast of Our Lady, Queen of Poland, to coincide with the civil
holiday commemorating the Constitution of May 3, 1791. The feast is
celebrated in Poland, Lithuania, Chicago, and everywhere Polish Catholics
have settled.
Sources include:
 | "Najswietsza Maryja Panna Królowa
Polski," Wikipedia, wolna encyclopedia, pl.wikipedia.org |
| "Uroczystosc Matki Bozej Królowej Polski
03.05.2008 r.," Parafia pw. sw. Maksymiliana Kolbe w Lubaniu,
swmaksymilian.luban.pl (image) |
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Also commemorated this date:
| Notre-Dame des Trois-Epis, Colmar, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France (Our
Lady of the Three Wheat Ears). Apparition, 1491. |
| Notre-Dame du Bon Succès, Brussels, Belgium (Our Lady of Good
Success). 1500s statue from Aberdeen, Scotland, installed in
Augustinian church in Brussels, 1626. In 1814 it moved to the church
of Notre-Dame de Finistère. |
| Notre-Dame de la Daurade, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées,
France. Statue crowned, 1874. |
| Sieben Schmerzen Mariens, Malsch, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg,
Germany (Mary of Seven Sorrows). Chapel blessed, 1903. Patronal feast
3rd Sun. September. |
| Natività di Maria Vergine, Montjovet, Aosta Valley, Italy. Parish
church consecrated, 1837. Festa September 8. |
| Madonna di Piazza Vecchia, Piazza Armerina, Enna, Sicily, Italy.
Procession. |
| Madonna della Grotta, Ardore, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy,
Bombile district |
| Madonna del Castello, Castrovillari, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy |
| Madonna della Croce, Noci, Bari, Apulia, Italy. Festa; solemn mass,
procession. |
| Otome-toge Maria, Tsuwano, Kanoashi, Shimane, Chugoku, Japan.
Festival of the Pass of Mary. |
| Onze Lieve Vrouw van de Ginnekenstraat, Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands.
St. Jocondus's chapel rededicated to Our Lady to fulfill WWII vow, 1947. |
| Matka
Boża Nauczycielka Młodzieży, Warsaw, Poland, Siekierki
district (Mother of God, the Teacher of Young Persons). Apparitions
began, 1943. |
| Matka
Boża Kalwaryjska, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Wadowice,
Malopolska, Poland (Calvary Mother of God). Icon wept blood, 1641. |
| Nossa Senhora do Castelo, Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Centro,
Portugal, Monsanto district (May 3 or Sunday after) |
| Nuestra Señora de los Santos, Aldeacentenera, Cáceres, Extremadura,
Spain (Our Lady of the Saints). Romería. Fiesta August 15. |
| Nuestra Señora de la Cruz, Usagre, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain (Our
Lady of the Cross). Romería. |
| Virgen de Las Cruces, Saceruela, Ciudad Real, Castille-La Mancha,
Spain (Virgin of the Crosses). Romería. |
| Virgen de la Cruz, Lezuza, Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Spain |
| Virgen de los Remedios, Aguilar, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain.
Romería. |
| Nuestra Señora de Consolación, Castellar, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain.
Town patron. Romería. |
| Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, Ibros, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain |
| Virgen de Gracia, Mahón, Minorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. Chapel
blessed, 1491. Fiesta September 8. |
| Our Lady of the Mississippi, Dubuque, Iowa, USA. Abbey church
dedicated, 1969. |
| Our Lady of the Forest, Sag Bridge, Illinois, USA, St. James Church |
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