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This wooden figure of the Black Madonna of Montserrat in the presence of The Holy Trinity, was probably carved in the eleventh century. It is found at in the Benedictine Abbey Church in the mountains above the Catalan plains. This abbey, founded in 1030, was the site of Igantius' prayer vigil on the night of March 24, 1522. It was here that he left his weapons of war at his departure.

 


LISTING OF TRADITIONAL MASSES WHICH HAVE BEEN APPROVED UNDER PAPAL AUTHORITY.

-- REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA --

There are not yet any approved traditional latin masses in Lithuania but there is one regular-Sunday mass of the Ukrainian Byzantine Rite in the capital city, Vilnius.


 

 
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