Our Lady of the Assumption of Tangier

Marian Advocation of Tangier (Morocco)

La advocación de Our Lady of the Assumption of Tangier is linked to the ancient Catholic presence in northern Morocco and to the ecclesiastical history of Tangier as the headquarters of mission and later Latin diocese. The party of the Assumption of the Virgin celebrates that Mary was brought in body and soul to heaven at the end of her earthly life, dogma defined by Pius XII in 1950; this explains the Marian title under which the Tangier Cathedral is dedicated.

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Origin and history

La advocación de Our Lady of the Assumption of Tangier is linked to the ancient Catholic presence in northern Morocco and to the ecclesiastical history of Tangier as the headquarters of mission and later Latin diocese. The party of the Assumption of the Virgin celebrates that Mary was brought in body and soul to heaven at the end of her earthly life, dogma defined by Pius XII in 1950; this explains the Marian title under which the Tangier Cathedral is dedicated.

En la documented historythe present cathedral of Tangier was erected as a Latin Catholic temple within the framework of the modern ecclesiastical organization of the city and was associated with the Diócesis de Tánger. Public documentation presents it as Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, linked to the local Catholic community and to the memory of the Franciscan presence in Morocco; there is no miraculous or legendary foundational tradition in the sources consulted specifically transmitted on this advocation in Tangier.

The image and the sanctuary

The title image venerated in the cathedral is that of Our Lady of the Assumptionbut no con seguridad in the sources consulted a uniform technical description of their material, author or type devotional. For editorial prudence, it should be indicated that no consta a complete and verifiable iconographic record of the image holder in the revised sources.

The sanctuary or temple is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Tangier, Catholic temple of Latin rite and episcopal seat of the local diocese. The available sources do not show their elevation to minor basilicaand its recognition as National sanctuary o diocesan with that specific title; its clearest and most secure condition is that of catedral.

Sponsorship and coronation

This advocation is primarily linked to the diócesis de Tánger and the Catholic community of the city, rather than a widespread civil patronage. There is no universally documented official patronage on the city or on Morocco for this specific advocation.

No documented canonical coronation for the image of Our Lady of Tangier's Assumption in the consulted sources.

Party and devotion

The main party is the August 15, solemnidad de la Assumption of the Virgin Mary. In the Catholic liturgical calendar, this date gives the proper framework of the Marian devotion of the Cathedral of Tangier, although it does not contain in the revised sources an additional local solemnity specifically specific to this advocation.

The devotion is expressed above all in the liturgical life of the cathedral and in the Catholic memory of Tangier as a historical enclave of Christian presence in Morocco. No constan reliable data of inflow, mass pilgrimages or unique popular traditions of great dissemination for this particular advocation; therefore, it is appropriate to avoid ascribing customs that belong to other homonymous advocations or to other countries.

Link to the Rosary

There is no specific and documented historical link between Our Lady of the Assumption of Tangier and a rosarian practice of its own or exclusive. It can be said, in the general Marian sense, that the Rosary naturally accompanies this devotion because it contemplates the mysteries of the glorious life of Christ and Mary, among them the Assumptionwhich is part of the traditional meditation of the glorious mysteries.

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