Our Lady
Our Lady of Victory
Title of the Blessed Virgin Mary · Feast October 7
Mary invoked as the cause of victory through the power of the Holy Rosary, especially commemorating the deliverance of Christendom at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.
Origin
Pope Saint Pius V attributed the Christian victory at Lepanto to the Rosaries prayed throughout Europe and instituted a commemoration of Our Lady of Victory, later kept as the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.
Why it matters
The title celebrates the triumph of grace won through Mary's intercession and the contemplation of her Son's mysteries in the Rosary.
Feast day
October 7