After all, Mary placed symbols in her image on Juan ... Finally, to tie a bow in this historical thread, we return to the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. The Holy League, formed by Pius V and Christian ...

when the whole of Christendom was saved by Mary Help of Christians when Catholics throughout Europe prayed the Rosary. The great battle of Lepanto occurred on October 7th 1571. For this reason ...

Mary is, in fact, the beautiful and brilliant ... It was 112 years after the Battle of Lepanto was decisively won — a victory that led to the institution of the Feast of the Holy Rosary.

For those of you unsure about how Mary acquired the title “Our Lady ... wiped out a huge Ottoman naval invasion force in the Battle of Lepanto, near Greece. The Christian forces were carrying ...

Just off the coasts of Greece, in the Ionian Sea, the Holy League met the Ottomans at the shores of Lepanto (modern Návpaktos ... by praying the rosary as the battle drew near.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Battle of Lepanto, 1571, the last great sea battle between galleys, in which the Catholic fleet of the Holy League of principally Venice, Spain, the Papal ...

Mary’s intercession is also believed to have ensured victory at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, when an Ottoman fleet was repulsed by the forces of Genoa, Venice and the papacy. Mary’s tears ...

The main vault painting before conservation treatment, showing Pope St Pius V beseeching the intercession of the Virgin Mary at the time of the Battle of Lepanto. The main vault painting after ...

The biblical character that is Mary has figured in at least two do-or-die historic naval battles of easy recall. One was the October 1571 Battle of Lepanto where the Holy League states in Europe ...

John Barry says that in the last days of World War II, his great-grandfather, a prominent German art historian, lost a massive painting of the 16th-century sea battle at Lepanto. By Colin Moynihan ...