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anniversaries august
August 14
Notre-Dame du Scex, Saint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland
Nestled against a cliff face (a scex, pron. "seh") 400 feet above the town and Abbey of
Saint-Maurice, the Chapel of Our Lady of Scex counts over 1400 years since
its founding by Benedictine hermit St. Amatus in 611. In the chapel of the
1600s, extensively remodeled in the 1700s and 1950s, an enthroned
Virgin and Child from the 1200s occupies a niche high above the altar.
Both of the painted wood figures wear crowns, and the Virgin holds an orb,
possibly a fruit signifying her role as the New Eve. On August 14, the
night before the Feast of the Assumption, pilgrims gather for prayers at
the Abbey Basilica, then climb the 484 steps to the chapel for midnight
mass. (Information and picture from the Abbey's web site,
www.abbaye-stmaurice.ch.)
Also commemorated this date:
 | Vigil of the Assumption of Our Lady, Roman Catholic Church |
| Onze-Lieve-Vrouw von Antwerpen, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium. Procession at Cathedral, mass with bishop.
Pontifical high mass August 15. |
| Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ten-Poel, Tienen, Flemish Brabant, Flanders,
Belgium (Our Lady of the Pool). Candlelight procession, vigil mass. |
| Notre-Dame de la Sarte, Huy, Liege, Wallonia, Belgium. Start of
3-day celebration every 7 years (2012, 2019, 2026). |
| Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. New church
blessed, 1877 (cathedral since 1946). Festa Dec. 8. State patron. |
| Our Lady of Lourdes, Skaro, Alberta, Canada. Start of 2-day
pilgrimage. |
| Our Lady of Lourdes, Rama, Saskatchewan, Canada. Candlelight
procession. |
| Notre-Dame-du-Chêne, Plobsheim, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France (Our Lady of the
Oak). Torchlight procession; open-air mass at chapel August 15. |
| Notre Dame de Savault, Ouroux-en-Morvan, Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Mass
at chapel. |
| Notre-Dame-sous-Terre, Saint-Quentin-la-Chabanne, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine,
France (Our Lady under Ground). Evening mass for Assumption. |
| Notre-Dame d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine,
France. Evening mass and procession at cathedral. |
| Notre-Dame des Champs, Pineuilh, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Mass
and torchlight procession to outdoor statue and hilltop cross. |
| Notre Dame de Rocamadour, Rocamadour, Lot, Occitanie, France.
Torchlight procession. Feast day Sept. 8. |
| Notre-Dame de la Montagne, Yenne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (Our
Lady of the Mountain). Mass at chapel, fireworks on the Rhône. |
| Notre Dame du Roc, Castellane, Alpes de Haute-Provence,
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Torchlight procession. |
| Notre Dame de Vie, Vitrolles, Bouches-du-Rhône,
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (Our Lady of Life). Statue
descends in procession from chapel on butte. |
| Ave Maria, Deggingen, Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Eucharist and candlelight procession. |
| Mutter mit dem gütigen Herzen, Waghäusel, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg,
Germany (Mother with the Kind Heart). Mass and candlelight procession. |
| Maria Ehrenberg, Motten, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. Candlelight
procession. High mass, main pilgrimage Aug. 15. |
| Nuestra Señora del Tránsito, Chiquimula, Chiquimula, Guatemala.
Main day of week-long fiesta, parade. |
| Virgen del Tránsito, Joyabaj, Quiché, Guatemala. Traditional dancing. |
| Santissima Icona, Spoleto, Perugia, Umbria, Italy. Evening procession to
cathedral; pontifical mass August 15. |
| Madonna Assunta, Orvieto, Terni, Umbria, Italy. Evening procession to
cathedral; pontifical mass August 15. |
| Madonna di Mezzagosto, Priverno, Latina, Latium, Italy (Madonna of
mid-August). Painting carried in procession through medieval town streets. |
| Madonna di Betlem, Sassari, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy. "Faradda":
processional presentation of 11 massive, ornate candles at shrine fulfils
vow during 1500s epidemic. |
| Maria Assunta, Ariano Irpino, Avellino, Campania, Italy. Image
crowned, 1966. |
| Madonna della Misericordia, Fontanarosa, Avellino, Campania, Italy
(Madonna of Mercy). Procession with 100' obelisk. |
| Madonna del Miglio, Terrasini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Madonna of the
Mile). Predawn candlelight procession to shrine honoring the Madonna di
Trapani, a mile from town. |
| Madonna Dormiente, Randazzo, Catania, Sicily, Italy |
| Dormizione, Montebello Ionico, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy |
| Madonna dei Fiori, Diamante, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy |
| Madonna di Lourdes, Orsomarso, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy |
| Madonna della Grotta, Praia a Mare, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy |
| Maria Santissima dei Termini, Gasperina, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy.
Torchlight procession. |
| Madonna del Bosco, Spinazzola, Bari, Apulia, Italy |
| Švc. Mergele Marija Nuliudusiuju Paguoda, Pivašiunai, Alytaus,
Lithuania (Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Comfort of the Sorrowful). Icon
crowned, 1988. Feast Aug. 15. |
| Asunción de María, Léon, Nicaragua. Gritería Chiquita
commemorates cessation of volcanic eruption in 1947. |
| Matka Boska Fatimska, Wadowice, Wadowice, Lesser Poland, Poland.
Statue crowned, 1992. |
| Matka Boża Bieszczadzka, Jasień,
Ustrzyki Dolne, Bieszczady, Subcarpathia, Poland. Icon crowned, 1921. |
| Santa Maria da Vitória, Batalha, Leiria, Pinhal Litoral, Centro,
Portugal. King John I vowed to build monastery, 1385. |
| Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, Sesimbra, Setúbal, Península de Setúbal,
Lisboa, Portugal (Our Lady of Good Voyage) |
| Nossa Senhora da Orada, Albufeira, Faro, Algarve, Portugal |
| Madona Žitného Ostrova, Dunajská Lužná, Senec, Bratislava,
Slovakia. Healing, 1747. Feast Sat. after Aug. 15. |
| Mare de Déu del Cós, Montagut, Girona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora de Butarque, Leganés, Madrid, Spain. Apparition,
1117. Fiesta August 15. |
| Virgen de la Piedad, Almendralejo, Extremadura, Spain |
| Virgen de la Piedad, Quintanar de la Orden, Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Statue crowned, 2007. |
| Nuestra Señora del Socorro, Rociana del Condado, Huelva, Andalucia,
Spain. Statue crowned, 2004; procession with statue from shrine to
church. Festa and return to shrine Sept. 8. |
| Virgen de Guía, Villanueva del Duque, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain.
Romería. |
| Mary Garden, Annapolis, Maryland, USA. Garden dedicated, 1988. |
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