Visitation

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The Visitation is the New Testament event in which the Virgin Mary visits her relative Elizabeth, leading to Elizabeth’s Spirit-filled recognition of Mary as the mother of the Lord.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Visitation canonical 2
Visitation Order 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical event
Christian feast
New Testament event
AnglicanDate May 31
associatedCanticle Magnificat
associatedPrayer Hail Mary
commemoratedIn Christian art
Christian liturgy
Christian music
currentRomanCatholicDate May 31
EasternChristianApproximateDate between March 30 and April 7 (Julian/Gregorian differences)
ElizabethAction cried out with a loud voice
ElizabethFilledWith Holy Spirit
linked to: God the Holy Spirit
ElizabethIdentity mother of John the Baptist
wife of Zechariah
ElizabethProclamation Blessed are you among women
Blessed is the fruit of your womb
ElizabethQuestion Why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
hasCanonicalContext Gospel of Luke
involvesPerson Elizabeth
Jesus Christ
John the Baptist
Virgin Mary
JohnTheBaptistReaction leaped in Elizabeth’s womb
JohnTheBaptistRoleForeshadowed forerunner of the Messiah
liturgicalColor white
liturgicalFeastObservedBy Anglican Communion
Lutheran churches
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

some Eastern Catholic Churches
liturgicalRankRomanRite Feast
LutheranDate May 31
MagnificatOpening My soul magnifies the Lord
MagnificatTheme praise of God’s mercy and justice
MaryAction went in haste
MaryJourneyDirection from Nazareth to the hill country of Judea
MaryRelationshipToElizabeth relative
MarySpeaks Magnificat
MaryStatusRecognizedAs mother of the Lord
MaryTitleHighlighted Mother of the Lord
MaryVirtueHighlighted charity
faith
humility
narratedIn Luke 1:39–56
precedesEvent Birth of John the Baptist
Nativity of Jesus
linked to: Nativity of Christ
theologicalTheme Mary as bearer of God (Theotokos)
linked to: Virgin Mary

joyful encounter of Old and New Covenants
recognition of Jesus as Lord before birth
traditionalWesternDateBefore1969 July 2

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Infant John the Baptist relatedBiblicalEvent Visitation
subject linked to: infant John the Baptist
Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary hasAlternativeName Visitation Order
linked to: Visitation