AUGUST

1.
In the year 1218, Our Lady, appearing on this day to St. Raymond, of the order of St. Dominic, to James, King of Arragon, and to St. Peter Nolasco, made known to all the three separately that she desired them to establish an order for redeeming captives.—(Surius, Life of St. Raymond.)

2.
Our Lady of Angels, or of Portiuncula six hundred yards from the city of Assisium, in Italy. The Benedictine monks gave this chapel to St. Franicis at his request; and he wished the convent which is built there, to be the Mother house of his order. He there assembled the first General Chapter, which numbered five thousand religious, and there he yielded up the ghost, in the year 1226, the twentieth of his conversion, and the forty-fifty of his age. — (Franciscan Chronicle, part i., lib. ii., c. 1.)

3.
Our Lady of Bows, in London. It is related that this image, having been carried away by a storm, together with more than six hundred houses, in the year 1071, it fell uninjured with such violence, that it broke into the pavement, and sunk more than twenty feet into the earth, whence it was never possible to draw it out.—(Willel. Malmesbury, lib. iv., in Willel., 2.)

4.
Our Lady of Dordrecht, in Holland, built by St. Sautere on the spot designated by an angel, as it is said, who was sent by the Blessed Virgin; she received afterwards, the crown of martyrdom in this church. To render her memory more celebrated, God caused a fountain to flow, after her death, which cured fevers.—(Molanus on the Bel- gian Saints.)

5.
Dedication of Our Lady of the Snows, called St. Mary Major, and formerly of the Crib at Rome, because Our Saviour's crib is kept there. It was built by John, a patrician, and his wife, on the very place, which they found covered with snow, on the 5th of August, in the year 367, and rebuilt by Sixtus II., about the year 432.— Baronius; notes at the year 367.)
Dedication of the Church of Our Lady of the Angles, at Rome, by Pope Pins IV., in. the year 1561. This church, which anciently formed part of the thermae, or baths of Diocletian, was erected as a titular church of a cardinal, favored with many indulgences, and given by the same pope to the Carthusians.—(Balingham on the Calendar.)
Our Lady of Protection, in the church of the Feuillants, in the Rue St. Honore, at Paris. It was so named by Queen. Ann of Austria, in the year 1561, in thanksgiving for the favors which she had received from the Queen of heaven.—(Du Breuil, Antiquites, lib. iii.)

6.
In the year 963, the church of Our Lady of Chartres was entirely burnt, except the tunic of the Blessed Virgin, which is seen there to this day —(Sebastien Rouillard. Parthen., c. vii.)

7.
Our Lady of Schiedam, in Holland. The chronicle relates that a merchant, who had stolen this image, having embarked with the intenlion or selling it at the fair at Antwerp, could never get away from the port. Alarmed at tills prodigy, he restored the image which he had taken away, and it was solemnly translated to the church of St. John the Baptist, where St. Ludwina used to pass whole nights in prayer.— John Brnchman, Minorita.)

8.
Our Lady of La Kuen, near Brussels. This church was built by order of Our Lady, who is said to have marked out its dimensions with a line which is still shown.—(Additions to Molanus.)

9.
Our Lady of (Egnisa, in Brabant, the birthplace of Mary of (Ehnies, who visited the holy image once a year, barefoot, during the severe rigors of winter.—(James de Vitriaco, on her Life.)

10.
Institution of the order of Our Lady of Mercy, at Barcelona, in the year 1218.— Surius, Life of St. Raymond.)

11.
In the year 810, the Emperor Nicephorus and the Empress Irene sent to Charlemagne two of the Blessed Virgin's robes; he deposited them in his church at Aix-la-Chapelle, from which Charles the Bald took one, which he presented to the Cathedral of Chartres.—(Locrins Anaceph., p. 3.)

12.
Our Lady of Rouen, erected by Robert, Dnke of Normandy. Richard I., king of England, gave great gifts to this church, and the kings of France have granted it great privileges.—(Merula, Cosmographia, part ii., lib. iii., c. 30.)

13.
Death of Our Lady in presence of the apostles, except St. Thomas. Like her divine Son, she rose again and ascended to heaven on the third day after her death.— Suarez., t ii.; in p. Disp. 21, sect. in fine.)

14.
Vigil of the Assumption of Our Lady, with fasting, of which mention is made by Nicolas I., who was pope in the year 858. It is recorded that on this day angels were heard, near the city of Soissons, singing this anthem: "Felix namque es, sacra Virgo Maria, et omni laude dignissima, quia ex te ortus est Sol jnstitia, Christus Deus noster." —(Thomas, Concep., lib, ii., part 7.)

15.
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. This feast was iustituted, according to St. Bernard, in the very time of the apostles.—(St. Bernard, Ep. 174.) 

16.
On this day the sepulchre of Our Lady was opened, and in proof that the Blessed Virgin was already assumed into heaven, nothing was found lint her winding-sheet, which gave a delicious perfume.—(Saussey, Martyrologium Gallicui, die Assump tionis.)

17.
Philip the Fair gained on this day a signal victory over the Flemings, in the year 1304, after commending himself to Our Lady of Chartres. Out of gratitude for this favor, he gave to it in perpetuity the land and lordship of Barres, founded a daily mass for ever, and left to this church all the accoutrements which he wore on that day of victory. This feast is kept in the Church of Notre Dame, at Paris, on the following day, the 18th, and the office is double.—(Sebastien Rouillard, c. 6.)

18.
In the year 1022, King Robert founded a chapel in honor of Our Lady in the court of the palace, at Paris, on the spot where the Sainte Chapell now stands.—(Du Breuil, Antiquites de Paris.)

19.
Our Lady of Jerusalem, near Montecorvo, in Portugal. A chapel is there seen built in imitation of the one at Jerusalem; it is said that the Blessed Virgin herself gave the plan.—(Vasconcellius, in Descriptione regni Lusitaniae.)

20.
In the celebrated church of the Benedictines of Affighem, in Brabant, is seen an image of the Blessed Virgin, of which it has been received by tradition that St. Bernard, saluting it in these terms, " Salve, Maria," it answered him, " Salve, Bernarde."—(Justus Lipsius, t. ii., c. 4, 4.)

21.
In the year 1022 was instituted the order of the thirty knights of Our Lady of the Star, at Paris, by King Robert, who said that the Blessed Virgin was the Star of lhs kingdom.—(A. Favin, Histoire de Navarre.)

22.
Octave of the Assumption of the Blessed. Virgin, instituted by Pope Leo IV. in the year 847.— (Bosius, ii. 2.)

23.
On this day, in the year 1338, Philip de Valois, being surrounded by Flemings near Mount Cassel, had recourse to the Blessed Virgin, who immediately delivered him. from that danger. Out of gratitude for this favor, when he made his entry into Paris, he went straight to Notre Dame, and going into the church on horseback, he proceeded the whole length of the nave up to the crucifix, and there laid down his arms. The picture of this monarch on horseback was for a long time to be seen in that church, to which he gave a revenue of 100 livres, to be levied on his domain of Gatinais.-— (Triple Couronne, trait. 4, c. 7, n. 7.)

24.
Dedication of Our Lady of Benoiste Vaux, nearly a league from Verdun, in Lorraine. This chapel presorves an image of the Blessed Virgin, rendered famous by miracles; in this place is found a miraculous fountain, the water of which cures several maladies.—(Histoire dc Notre Dame de Benoisto Vaux, ch. i. and ix..)

25.
Our Lady of Rossano, in Calabria. It is said that the Saracens, seeking to surprise the town of Rossano, where they had already planted ladders, were repulsed by Our Lady, who appeared attired in purple, and holding in her hand a lighted torch; this so terrified them, that they took to flight.— (Gabriel de Barry.)

26.
Our Lady de la Treille, at Donay. It is related that when some children were playing disrespectfully before this image, it made with the hand a sign of disapproval. This miracle induced the inhabitants of Donay to build a chapel for it, in the year 1543.— Buzelin, in Annal. Gallo-Flandr.) 

27.
Our Lady of Moustier, eight or ten leagues from Sisteron, in the direction of Marseilles. An ancient tradition records that a lord of the country captured by the Turks, made a vow to build & chapel in honor of the Blessed Virgin, if she were pleased to deliver him. The Blessed Virgin, heard his prayer; an angel took him on. his wings, and carried him back to his country. The nobleman erected a magnificent chapel to the Blessed Virgin, where numerous miracles are wrought.—(Manuscript Account.)

28.
Our Lady of Kiow, the metropolitan church of Russia, in Poland, where there is a large image in alabaster, which spoke to St. Hyacinth, in the year 1241, and told him not to abandon it to the enemy who was besieging the city, but to carry it off with him, which he did without any difficulty, the image having lost its weight.—(Life of St. Hyacinth.)

29.
Our Lady of Clermont, ten leagues from Cracow, where there is a picture painted by St. Luke, and sent to the Empress St. Pulcheria ; that princess placed it in the church of Our Lady of the Guides, at Constantinople, from which it was taken by Leo, Duke of Russia; the Duke of Opolia wanted to remove it to his duchy, in the year 1380; but when he had got to the mountain of Clermont, it; became so heavy that it was impossible to carry it farther; and seeing by this miracle that the Blessed Virgin had chosen that mountain for her abode, they built a church there.—(Bzovius, ad ann. 1383.)

30.
Our Lady of Carquere, on the river Douro, in Portugal. Egas de Monis, tutor of King Alphonsus I, carried the young prince into this ancient church of the Blessed Virgin, that his legs might be straightened through her intercession; who perfectly Succeeded-(Vasconcellius, in Regib. Lusit. Anacephal. 1 and 2.)

31.
Dedication of Our Lady of the Founders, at Constantinople. The Empress St. Pulcheria erected this church, and gave it the girdle of Our Lady. A feast of this relic is kept at Constantinople, under the title of the Deposition of Our Lady's girdle. The French having taken this city, this precious treasure was carried off by Nivellon, Bishop of Soissons, and placed in the celebrated abbey of Our Lady, with a portion of the veil of that Queen of heaven.—(Nicephorus, lib. iv. c. 8.)