Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church "Salutation of the Blessed Virgin" in 1273. By the fourteenth century it was not uncommon to conclude with an appeal for sinners and especially for help at the hour of death. Official recognition of the Ave Maria in its complete form was finally given in the Roman Breviary of 1568. Three Hail Marys is a traditional Roman Catholic devotional practice of reciting three Hail Marys as a petition for purity and other virtues. The practice of saying three Hail Marys in the evening somewhere about sunset had become general throughout Europe in the first half of the fourteenth century and
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sosnowiec Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sosnowiec The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary ( ) also called Sosnowiec Cathedral is the name given to a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is located in the city of Sosnowiec in the European country of Poland. It is eclectic church built in 1899, on the plan of a Latin cross basilica type. As of 25 March 1992 is the cathedral of the Diocese of Sosnowiec. The most important Catholic shrine of Sosnowiec was built between 1893 and 1899. In 1896 there