Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Mariae (B.V.) Nativitas
Monday, September 8, 2014
The birth of the Virgin Mary is commemorated on September 8 in the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Church. The feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (In Nativitate B.M.V.) is also called the Nativity of Our Lady. It probably evolved from the festival of the consecration of St. Anna’s Church near the Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem. The church was built on the location thought to be the home of Anne and Joachim, Mary’s parents, and is considered to be the birthplace of Mary. Celebrations of the feast spread in the eleventh century, although no exact date is known.
In the RISM online catalog, there are numerous compositions written for the occasion of this liturgical feast. In the Advanced Search screen, select Liturgical festival and enter Mariae Nativitas. When you press Search, you will find over 400 sources.
Many more sources – 1,066 - can be found if you enter Mariae Nativitas in the basic search. Among these are texts, remarks, or titles that contain the words Mariae and Nativitas.
Liturgical feasts are indexed in the RISM online catalog using the terminology found in the index of the Liber Usualis.
You can truncate a search for all of the Marian feasts if you search for Mariae (B.V.)* in the field Liturgical festival.
Use the search filters in the left-hand column to help you refine your search.
Other major Marian feasts—with their indexed versions in bold—are:
January 1: Mary, Mother of God - Mariae (B.V.) Maternitas
March 25: The Annunciation - Mariae (B.V.) Annuntiatio
July 2: The Visitation – Mariae (B.V.) Visitatio
August 15: Assumption of Mary - Mariae (B.V.) Assumptio
December 8: Immaculate Conception - Mariae (B.V.) Conceptio Immaculata
Photo source: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Natività di Maria, Cappella Tornabuoni, 1485-1490, fresco, Firenze, basilica di Santa Maria Novella, from Wikimedia Commons
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