Pope Pius V instituted the feast of the Holy Rosary after the victory at Lepanto in 1571 by the Christian fleet over the Muslim Turks, which the pope recognized as due to the intercession of Mary ...

Once the pope’s coffin arrived to Saint Mary Major, it was welcomed by ... and a cholera epidemic and ensuring victory in the Battle of Lepanto. Pope Francis’s strong ties to icon date back ...

The icon of the Virgin Mary in the church became known as Kalomata (meaning ... the battleground of one of the most important naval conflicts in history. The Battle of Lepanto (1571) represents the ...

In the 12th century, St. Dominic of Guzmán, the founder of the Dominican order, reported that the Virgin Mary gave him rosary ... invasion in the 1571 Battle of Lepanto, a turning point in ...

Records: A map of the Battle of Lepanto held at the Vatican. As the fleet sailed out, Pope Pius V ordered the churches of Rome opened for prayer day and night, encouraging the faithful to petition the ...

As it saved Christian civilization for a while, the Battle of Lepanto may have been the most decisive ... During the twelfth century, the first half of the Hail Mary was added, and the second half was ...

On this day, the feast of Mary Help of Christians is celebrated. Significance of this date goes back to October 7, 1571 with the great battle of Lepanto where the whole of Christendom was saved from ...

As the story goes, the Virgin Mary appeared to Pope Liberius ... Plague and a cholera epidemic and ensuring victory in the Battle of Lepanto. Francis’s own link to the icon goes back to his ...

Pictured: HMS Lion is shelled and HMS Queen Mary is blown up by German shells ... naval defeat suffered by the Ottomans since the Battle of Lepanto. On August 16, 1606, the first salvos were ...

The tradition of invoking Mary Help of Christians dates back to 1571 when Catholics prayed the Rosary, leading to the salvation of Christendom during the battle of Lepanto. Pope Pius V instituted the ...

The tradition of this advocation goes back to 1571, when the whole of Christendom was saved by Mary Help of Christians when Catholics throughout Europe prayed the Rosary. The great battle of Lepanto ...

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 ...