April 16: OUR LADY OF VICTORIES OF ST. MARK

Pope Innocent XI, reigning at the time, placed all his trust in Mary. He had vowed to institute a feast in her honor, if she would liberate the Church from this terrible danger. In fulfillment of this vow, he extended to the whole Catholic world the solemnity of the feast of the Holy Name of Mary, which had up to that time only been observed in particular churches

MARIAN CALENDAR