The Saint of the day 21 November is Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which name day is celebrated and other saints who are celebrated on this date.
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
On this day of the dedication of the church of Santa Maria Nuova, built at the temple in Jerusalem, that dedication that Mary made to herself of God since childhood, moved by the Holy Spirit, whose grace had been filled in her immaculate, is celebrated conception.
The anniversary is based on the story of the apocryphal gospel of James.
In the sixth chapter of this text it is stated that at the age of one year Mary is presented to the priests of the Temple by her two parents Anna and Gioacchino.
A few years later she was granted access to the interior, taking part in priestly life until the moment of meeting with the future husband Giuseppe.
The first Christian authors say that Mary was introduced to the Temple at the age of only three years, according to the promise that her parents had made to God, provided that they could become parents.
Other saints and celebrations of November 21st
- Sant ’Agapio di Caesarea
- San Gelasio I
- Mary Mother of the Church
- San Mauro di Cesena
- San Mauro di Parenzo
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