The Daily Question
The Visitation is the visit of Mary, who was pregnant with Jesus, to Elizabeth as found in the Gospel of Luke (1:39-45). In what year did the celebration of the Visitation begin?
1. 1263
2. 1300
3. 1389
4. 1412
2. 1300
3. 1389
4. 1412
Your answer was: 1263
You are correct!!
Answer: The feast of the Visitation was first observed by the Franciscan Order in 1263 and was extended to the rest of the Church by Pope Boniface IX in1389.
Article Links:
• Thomas I Crimando, 6th Century of the Institution of the Feast of the Visitation
Vatican Notes, Vol. 38, No. 1 p. 3 (1989)
• Frederick George Holweck Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) Volume 15 - https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Visitation_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary
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| Feast of the Visitation The Annunciation, Mary & Elizabeth, Mary, Jesus, Elizabeth & John the Baptist 826-828 (1989) | ||||
Article Links:
• Thomas I Crimando, 6th Century of the Institution of the Feast of the Visitation
Vatican Notes, Vol. 38, No. 1 p. 3 (1989)
• Frederick George Holweck Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) Volume 15 - https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Visitation_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary