Marian year

Icon of the *Salus Populi Romani*. The inscription on the Virgin's crown reads: *Pius XII PM Deiparae Reginae Kal MCMLIV A Mar.* (Pope Pius XII to the Queen Mother of God, Marian Year 1954).

A Marian year is a designation given by the Catholic Church to calendar years in which Mary the mother of Jesus is to be particularly reverenced and celebrated. Marian years do not follow a set pattern; they may be declared by a bishop for his diocese, or a national conference of bishops for a country.

In Church history, only two international Marian years have been pronounced, by Pope Pius XII in 1954, and Pope John Paul II in 1987.^[1] In both years, Marian devotion, Marian pilgrimages, and Marian meetings were promulgated.

^ "Marian Years", International Marian Research Institute, University of Dayton

[dayton-1] "Marian Years", International Marian Research Institute, University of Dayton

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