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The Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major〔''Roman Missal'', official English translation〕 (''In Dedicatione basilicae S. Mariae'')〔(''Missale Romanum'', 2002, p. 112, 799 )〕 is a feast day in the General Roman Calendar, optionally celebrated annually on 5 August with the rank of memorial. In earlier editions of the General Roman Calendar, down to that of 1960, it is called the Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary of the Snows (''In Dedicatione basilicae S. Mariae ad Nives''),〔(''Missale Romanum'', 1962, pp. L, 613 )〕 a reference to the legendary story about the foundation of the basilica. For the same reason the feast is also known popularly as Our Lady of the Snows.〔("Shrine History", National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows )〕 The reference to the legend was removed in the 1969 revision of the General Roman Calendar.〔''Calendarium Romanum'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), p. 133〕 ==History== Pope Pius V inserted this feast into the General Roman Calendar in 1568,〔Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1969), p. 99〕 when, in response to the request of the Council of Trent, he reformed the Roman Breviary. Before that, it had been celebrated at first only in the church itself and, beginning in the 14th century, in all the churches of the city of Rome.〔(Ott, Michael. "Our Lady of the Snow." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 27 Jun. 2013 )〕 Accordingly, it appears in the Tridentine Calendar for celebration as a Double. In Pope Clement VIII's Missal of 1604, it was given the newly invented rank of Greater Double. In Pope John XXIII's 1960 calendar, it became a Third-Class Feast.〔General Roman Calendar of 1960〕 This 1960 calendar, included in the 1962 edition of the Roman Missal, is the calendar whose continued use privately and, under certain conditions, publicly is authorized by the motu proprio ''Summorum Pontificum''. Nine years later, the celebration became an optional memorial.〔 The feast commemorates the dedication by Pope Sixtus III of the rebuilt Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore just after the First Council of Ephesus. This major basilica, located on the summit of the Esquiline Hill in Rome, is called the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore ((ラテン語:Basilica Sanctae Mariae Maioris)) because it is the largest church in Rome dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The original church, which was replaced by that of Pope Sixtus III, was built during the pontificate of Pope Liberius (352–366), and is thus sometimes known as the ''Basilica Liberii'' or ''Basilica Liberiana''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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