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Church celebrates Our Lady of Mercy
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Church celebrates Our Lady of Mercy on 24 September
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The Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Mercy on September 24. This Marian devotion originated in 13th-century Barcelona and is closely linked to the Mercedari religious order.
According to tradition, the devotion began after a vision of the Virgin Mary appeared to Peter Nolasco, a merchant from Mas-Saintes-Puelles. The vision encouraged Nolasco to found a religious order dedicated to freeing Christians held in slavery. While the Spanish National Historical Archive recognizes August 10, 1218, as the conventional date for the order's foundation in Barcelona, Pope Gregory IX officially approved the order on January 17, 1235.
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- Official source@VaticanNewsMë 24 shtator kalendari kujton të Lumen Mari, Virgjër e Mercedes
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- Reporting@acidigitalHoje é celebrada Nossa Senhora das Mercês, a Virgem da Misericórdia
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- Reporting@acistampaBeata Vergine della Mercede, una storia antica che sembra nata oggi
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- ReportingЦерковний календар, 24 вересня. Свято Матері Божої Милосердя
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- Sep 23, 1:01 PM ACI Digital Português Hoje é celebrada Nossa Senhora das Mercês, a Virgem da Misericórdia
- Sep 23, 10:00 PM RISU Українська Церковний календар, 24 вересня. Свято Матері Божої Милосердя
- Sep 24, 12:17 AM Vatican News Shqip Më 24 shtator kalendari kujton të Lumen Mari, Virgjër e Mercedes
- Sep 24, 2:30 AM Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos, Mykonos Ελληνικά 24 Σεπτεμβρίου μνήμη της Παναγίας της Φανερωμένης
- Sep 24, 9:00 AM ACI Stampa Italiano Beata Vergine della Mercede, una storia antica che sembra nata oggi
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