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Christian feast day: Our Lady of Ransom (Mercedarians)
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Feast of Our Lady of Ransom
Roman Catholic liturgical feast
The Feast of Our Lady of Ransom is a Roman Catholic liturgical Marian feast. In the General Roman Calendar of 1960, it was celebrated on 24 September, commemorating the foundation of the Mercedarians. After Vatican II, the name for the Marian commemoration on that date was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy
Roman Catholic religious mendicant order
The Royal, Celestial and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of the Captives, also known as the Mercedarians, is a Catholic mendicant order established in 1218 by Peter Nolasco in the city of Barcelona, at that time the capital of the Principality of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)