LITURGICAL
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
A day of the liturgical calendar
Celebrates the dogma defined by Pope Pius XII in 1950: that Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.
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Celebrated on August 15. A Holy Day of Obligation in the universal Church.
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feast Date
08-15
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