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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians |
 | | The feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians, was instituted by Pius VII. |
 | | To give thanks to God and Our Lady he (15 Sept., 1815) instituted for the Papal States the feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians, to be celebrated, 24 May, the anniversary of his first return. |
 | | This feast is the patronal feast of Australasia, a double of the first class with an octave (Ordo Australasiae, 1888), and in accordance with a vow (1891) is celebrated with great splendour in the churches of the Fathers of the Foreign Missions of Paris. |
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