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Our Lady of the Pillar - October 12 WinstonChurchill on Jun 20, 2009 Our Lady of the Pillar is celebrated on 12th of October and is the patroness of Spain, the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic peoples,…More
Our Lady of the Pillar - October 12
WinstonChurchill on Jun 20, 2009 Our Lady of the Pillar is celebrated on 12th of October and is the patroness of Spain, the
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic
peoples, and the
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Guard_(Spain)
. A grand nine-day festival known as
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiestas_del_Pilar
is celebrated in Zaragoza every year in her honor. St. James (in Spanish: Santiago) is also venerated as the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron_saint of Spain.
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It is interesting to note that the German Augustinian stigmatist and visionary of the early 19th century, Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, comments on Mary of the Pillar’s appearance to James. With rich detail she describes the Zaragoza event in chapter 14 of The Life of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/OurLadyofPillar.html