Thursday, August 27, 2009

Mary, Queen of All Saints IV

It was by her devotion to Mary, that the pious and virtuous Blanche of Castile, obtained the birth of St. Louis. He practiced every devotion towards the Blessed Virgin.

Paris - Île de la Cité: Sainte-Chapelle - Lowe...

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St. Jane of Valois, the illustrious consort of Louis XII, consecrated her royal person to the service of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and instituted the Order of the Annunciade, intended to honor in a more special manner the ten prin cipal virtues of the Mother of God: her angelic purity, her prudence, her perfect humility, her lively faith, her sincere devotion, her entire obedience, her poverty, her invincible patience, her uninversal charity, and her tender com passion.

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Coronation of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castil...

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King Louis XIII of France, on August 15, 1638, dedicated himself, his country, his crown and his subjects to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and he instituted solemn processions on the feast of the Assumption.


excerpted from the book Mary, Queen of Apostles written by Rosalie Marie Levy.


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