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St. Mary Major is one of the four Roman basilicas known as patriarchal churches in memory of the first centers of the Church. St. John Lateran represents Rome, the See of Peter; St. Paul Outside the Walls, the See of Alexandria, allegedly the see presided over by Mark; St. Peterโs, the See of Constantinople; and St. Maryโs, the See of Antioch, where Mary is supposed to have spent most of her later life.
One legend, unreported before the year 1000, gives another name to this feast: Our Lady of the Snows. According to that story, a wealthy Roman couple pledged their fortune to the Mother of God. In affirmation, she produced a miraculous summer snowfall and told them to build a church on the site. The legend was long celebrated by releasing a shower of white rose petals from the basilicaโs dome every August 5.
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๐ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข, ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ. ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ.
