Patron Saint - Our Lady of the Rosary
 Our Lady of the Rosary (also Our Lady of the Holy
Rosary or Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary) is a
title of the Blessed Virgin Mary in relation to the
method of prayer known as the rosary, whose origin
has been attributed to a Marian apparition to Saint
Dominic in 1208 in the church of Prouille.
In 1571 Pope Pius V instituted "Our Lady of
Victory" as an annual feast to commemorate the
victory of Lepanto. The victory was attributed to
Our Lady, as a rosary procession was offered on that
day in St. Peter's Square in Rome for the success of
the mission of the Holy League to hold back Muslim
forces from overrunning Western Europe. In 1573,
Pope Gregory XIII changed the title of this
feast-day to "Feast of the Holy Rosary". This feast
was extended by Pope Clement XII to the whole of the
Latin Rite, inserting it into the Roman Catholic
calendar of saints in 1716, and assigning it to the
first Sunday in October. Pope Pius X changed the
date to 7 October in 1913. In 1969, Pope Paul VI
changed the name of the feast to "Our Lady of the
Rosary",[1] and it is celebrated as a memorial in
the ordinary form.
Prior to the battle of Lepanto, in thanks for the
victory of the Battle of Muret, Simon de Montfort,
5th Earl of Leicester built the first shrine
dedicated to Our Lady of Victory.
Our Lady of the Rosary is the patron saint of
several places around the world and Marķa del
Rosario is a common female Spanish name
(colloquially abbreviated to Rosario or Charo).
Rosario can also be used as a male first name,
particularly in Italian.
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