marian anniversaries october
Second Sunday in October
La Naval de Manila, Quezon City, Philippines
In 1593, the Governor General of the Philippines commissioned a statue of Our Lady of the Rosary for the Dominican church in Manila. A Chinese sculptor carved the hardwood body and ivory hands and face, which has Asian features. About 4'8" tall, the image is dressed in cloth of gold, with a crown and a halo of 24 stars, and adorned with precious donated jewels. Our Lady holds the Child Jesus with her left hand and a rosary with her right.
The title "La Naval" refers to Our Lady's help in the naval battles of Lepanto (see Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7) in 1571 and Manila in 1646, when a small Catholic fleet repeatedly repelled Dutch invaders. The Catholic Church in Manila first celebrated the feast of "La Naval" on October 8, 1646. Pope Pius X's apostolic delegate crowned the statue October 5, 1907.
The Japanese bombing of December 27, 1941 destroyed the Church of Santo Domingo in Manila's old walled city. Hidden for safekeeping, the holy statue moved in 1954 to its present location in the Santo Domingo shrine in Quezon City just northeast.
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Also commemorated this date:
 | Madonna dei Martiri (Virgen Reina de los Martires), Buenos Aires, Argentina (San Juan Evangelista Church, Barrio La Boca). Procession. |
| Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. Círio: procession, mass, close of month-long festivities. |
| Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, Macapá, Acapá, Brazil. Círio, two-mile procession. |
| Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, Belém, São Sebastião da Boa Vista, & Tucuruí, Pará, Brazil. Círios, processions. |
| Virgen del Rosario, Olocuilta, La Paz, El Salvador. Fiesta culminates on the second Saturday of October. |
| Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Soyapango, San Salvador, El Salvador. Fiesta. |
| Notre-Dame des Neiges, Grand-Fougeray, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France (Our Lady of the Snows). Grand Fête of the Famille Missionnaire de Notre-Dame. |
| Magyarok Nagyasszonya, Márianosztra, Pest, Hungary (Great Lady of the Hungarians). Big pilgrimage on the Sunday nearest October 8. |
| Madonna del Buon Rimedio, Villafranca Piemonte, Torino, Piedmont, Italy, Cantogno district (Madonna of Good Remedy). Festa at rural shrine; rosary, mass. |
| Madonna del Rosario, Varedo, Lombardy, Italy. Festa: Solemn mass; photo contest, greased pole, soccer tournament, carnival, raffle, concert, fireworks. |
| Madonna del Don, Mestre, Venezia, Veneto, Italy. Festa honors citizens who died during the Russian Campaign in World War II. |
| Madonna di Tessara, Curtarolo, Padua, Veneto, Italy. Town's patronal feast & fair starts the week before and ends the following Tuesday. |
| Madonnina della Valle, Bevilacqua di Crevalcore, Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy. Festa: mass, procession, & entertainment both Sunday & Monday. |
| Madonna del Rosario, Coriano, Rimini, Emilia Romagna, Italy, Church of Sant'Andrea in Besanigo. Festa, procession. |
| Nostra Signora delle Grazie, Siniscola, Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy. Festa: mass, procession, traditional music & dancing. |
| Madonna del Rosario, Sinalunga, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Fireworks close week-long fair. |
| Madonna delle Rose, Assisi, Perugia, Umbria, Italy. Festa. |
| Santa Maria di Tornazzano, Filottrano, Ancona, Marche, Italy. Festa patronale. |
| Madonna del Parto, Rome, Italy (Madonna of Childbirth) in Church of Sant'Agostino. Festa: rosary, vespers, mass. |
| Madonna della Vittoria, Sermoneta, Latina, Latium, Italy (Madonna of Victory). Reenactment of the Battle of Lepanto (1571), costumed parade to Cathedral. |
| Madonna del Rosario, Aragona, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Festa patronale: mass, procession. |
| Madonna della Catena, Leonforte, Enna, Sicily, Italy (Madonna of the Chain). Festa: solemn sung mass, procession, benediction, fireworks, sausages, music. |
| Santa Maria dell'Aiuto, Acireale, Catania, Sicily, Italy (St. Mary of the Aid). Festa: solemn mass, torchlight procession, distribution of blessed bread. |
| Madonna del Rosario, Cerchiara di Calabria and Civita, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. Procession. |
| Madonna del Rosario, Fabrizia, Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy (Sunday after October 7). Festa, procession. |
| Madonna del Rosario, Mammola, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy. Festa: mass, procession, fireworks. |
| Madonna del Rosario, Terranova Sappo Minulio, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy. Festa. |
| Verge del Remei, Alcanar, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles, Ávila, Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain. Patron of Ávila. |
| Virgen de los Remedios, Luyego de Somoza, León, Castilla y León, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora del Rosario de la Concordia, Burjassot, Valencia, Valencia, Spain |
| Virgen de Guía, Fuente la Lancha, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora de la Aurora, Montilla, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain (Our Lady of the Dawn) |
| Virgen del Rosario, Alcantarilla, Murcia, Spain (Sunday after October 7) |
| Notre Dame de Lorette, Fribourg, Sarine, Fribourg, Switzerland. Chapel dedication, 1648. |