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 by	Christians
Type	Cultural, Historical, Christian
Significance	Feast day of the Madonna delle Galline (Our Lady of the Hens), commemoration of the finding of the miraculous Marian icon
Celebrations	Attending parades attending firework shows attending tammurriatas donating birds and food (Easter food and savory pies) to the Madonna
Begins	Friday of the Easter Octave
Ends	Next Monday
Date	Second Sunday of Easter
Frequency	annual
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.

See also

• Archconfraternity of Our Lady of the Hens
• Shrine of Our Lady of the Hens

External links

• "OUR LADY OF THE HENS!". Clutha Leader. 7 (368). Balcutha. 29 October 1880. p. 7. Archived from the original on 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2018 – via Papers Past (National Library of New Zealand).
• "Pagani". Valle del Sarno. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
• Matthews, Jeff (November 2015). "The 7 Madonnas of Campania". Naples: Life, Death & Miracles. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
• "Votive chickens". The Votives Project. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2018.