Mary Help of Christians

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Mary Help of Christians is a Roman Catholic Marian feast day celebrated in May 24 of every year.

The Marian feast was celebrated by the order of Servites since the 17th century. Pope Pius VII extended the feast of the Seven Dolours of Mary to the universal Church on 18 September 1814. The veneration to Mary became popular under this title in Rome especially, where the feast was especially promulgated by Saint John Bosco and Saint Vincenzo Palotti (Remigius Bäumer et.al. Marienlexikon 1994, p.533)