Feast of Our Lady of the Hens

The feast of Saint Mary the Crowned of Mount Carmel, commonly known as Madonna delle Galline (Italian for Our Lady of the Hens), is a religious and civil festival annually celebrated in Pagani, Campania.

Feast of Saint Mary the Crowned of Mount Carmel
Official name(in Italian) Festa di Santa Maria Incoronata del Carmine
Also called
  • Feast of the Madonna delle Galline
  • Feast of the Madonna of the Hens
  • Feast of Our Lady of the Hens
Observed byChristians
TypeCultural, Historical, Christian
SignificanceFeast day of the Madonna delle Galline (Our Lady of the Hens), commemoration of the finding of the miraculous Marian icon
Celebrations
BeginsFriday of the Easter Octave
EndsNext Monday
DateSecond Sunday of Easter
Frequencyannual
Related to
  • Easter
  • feast of Saint Alphonsus

History

Bibliography
  • Feldman, Martha (2015). The Castrato. UC Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780520962033. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  • Swinburne, Henry (1790). Travels in the Two Sicilies. 3 (2 ed.). London: J. Nichols. p. 166. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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