About Today for Friday in the 18th week of Ordinary Time or Dedication of St. Mary Major
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August 5
The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major
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After the Council of Ephesus (431) in which the mother of Jesus was acclaimed as Mother of God, Pope Sixtus III erected at Rome on the Esquiline Hill a basilica dedicated to the honor of the holy Mother of God. It was afterward called Saint Mary Major and it is the oldest church in the West dedicated to the honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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