The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Giotto, in the Scrovegni Chapel Padua, Italy (c. 1305)
Sinless[1] Immaculate Without Original Sin
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Lutheran Churches
Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Feast
8 September: Western Christianity and part of the Eastern churches
21 September [O.S. 8 September]: Most Oriental Orthodox and part of the Eastern Orthodox churches.
9 May: The Coptic Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox Christians.
Attributes
Birth of Mary, by her mother Saint Anne
Patronage
Senglea, Malta as Virgin of Nativity; Mellieħa, Malta; Naxxar, Malta; Xagħra, Gozo; Cuba as Our Lady of Charity; Borongan, Philippines; Vailankanni, India as Our Lady of Good Health; Pampanga, Philippines – Virgin of Remedies; Egypt as Our Lady of Zeitoun; order of Slaves of the Immaculate Child; order of Sisters of Charity of the Maria Bambina; St. Mary's Syrian Cathedral Manarcad, Kerala; Our Lady's Nativity Parish, Pangil, Laguna, Philippines
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Nativity of Mary, Marymas[a][b] or the Birth of the Virgin Mary, refers to a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus.
The modern Biblical canon does not record Mary's birth. The earliest known account of Mary's birth is found in the Gospel of James (5:2), an apocryphal text from the late second century, with her parents known as Saint Anne and Saint Joachim.[2]
In the case of saints, the Church commemorates their date of death, with Saint John the Baptist and the Virgin Mary as the few whose birth dates are commemorated. The reason for this is found in the singular mission each had in salvation history,[3] but traditionally also because these alone were holy in their very birth (for Mary, see Immaculate Conception; John was sanctified in Saint Elizabeth's womb according to the traditional interpretation of Luke 1:15).
Devotion to the innocence of Mary under this Marian title is widely celebrated in many cultures across the globe in various prayers and hymns such as the Novena in Honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.[4]
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^Valentini 1997.
^THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Sept. 8)
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