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Oct 7, 2019 · In 1853, in gratitude to French soldiers who had helped put down a Roman revolt against the pope, Pius IX declared that the statue of Our Lady of Victories was to be honored by a formal papal coronation, the first time such a privilege was granted to a French shrine.
Aug 6, 2014 · Our Lady of Victory Pope Pius V was the first to give the Blessed Mother the title of “Our Lady of Victory,” instituting devotion to her after Christian forces defeated the Ottomans at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.
Oct 7, 2021 · The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, also celebrated as Our Lady of Victory or Victories, was established by Pope St. Pius V in 1571 to celebrate the miraculous victory of the Christian forces in...
The foremost shrine of Our Lady of Victory or Victoires is in Paris, the cornerstone of which was laid by King Louis XIII in 1629 in thanksgiving for the rout of the French invaders. You can read all about it in Part Three of Gary Potter's article which begins on the next page.
The origin of the Feast of Our Lady of Victory dates back to 1571. On October 7 of that year, the allied forces of the Holy League, an alliance of major Christian maritime states, defeated the powerful fleet of the Ottoman Empire in a battle that took place off the coast of Greece.
The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, formerly known as Feast of Our Lady of Victory and Feast of the Holy Rosary is celebrated on 7 October in the General Roman Calendar. 7 October is the anniversary of the decisive victory of the combined fleet of the Holy League of 1571 over the Ottoman navy at the Battle of Lepanto.
April 16: Our Lady of Victories of Saint Mark. In the year 1683 a formidable army of well over 100,000 Turks invaded Austria and laid siege to Vienna for the second time. The city was strategically located in Europe, and the Ottoman Turks had been pressing further and further into Christendom over the preceding centuries.
