Feast of the Visitation

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The Feast of the Visitation is a Christian celebration commemorating the Virgin Mary's visit to her cousin Elizabeth, highlighting themes of joy, humility, and recognition of Christ’s presence.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Feast of the Visitation canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian feast ⓘ
Marian feast ⓘ
liturgical celebration ⓘ
associatedWith Marian devotion ⓘ
missionary charity ⓘ
pro-life spirituality ⓘ
celebratedBy Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Lutheran churches ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

some Eastern Orthodox Churches ⓘ
some other Protestant communities ⓘ
commemorates Virgin Mary’s visit to Elizabeth ⓘ
the Visitation event described in the Gospel of Luke ⓘ
dateInRomanRite 31 May ⓘ
dateInSomeAnglicanCalendars 31 May ⓘ
dateInSomeEasternCatholicCalendars 30 March (Julian) / 12 April (Gregorian) or other local dates ⓘ
dateInSomeLutheranCalendars 31 May ⓘ
dateInTraditionalRomanCalendar 2 July ⓘ
emphasizesDoctrine Incarnation ⓘ
sanctity of unborn life ⓘ
emphasizesVirtue charity ⓘ
faith ⓘ
hope ⓘ
featuresBiblicalText Luke 1:39–56 ⓘ
featuresCanticle Magnificat ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Elizabeth ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
John the Baptist ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
hasLiturgicalTheme fraternal charity ⓘ
humility ⓘ
joy ⓘ
praise of God’s mercy ⓘ
recognition of Christ’s presence ⓘ
honors Saint Elizabeth ⓘ
Saint John the Baptist ⓘ
linked to: John the Baptist

Virgin Mary ⓘ
unborn Christ ⓘ
institutedBy Pope Urban VI ⓘ
liturgicalColor white ⓘ
liturgicalRank feast ⓘ
movedInYear 1969 ⓘ
movedToDate 31 May by Pope Paul VI ⓘ
partOf Christian liturgical year ⓘ
General Roman Calendar ⓘ
promotedBy Council of Basel ⓘ
Pope Pius V ⓘ
yearOfInstitution 1389 ⓘ

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

Visitandine nuns → liturgicalFeast → Feast of the Visitation ⓘ
Magnificat → associatedFeast → Feast of the Visitation ⓘ