Overview

• October 7 marks the Catholic feast day of Our Lady of the Rosary, observed across Argentina in parishes and dioceses.
• Devotees are holding communal rosary prayer, Masses, processions and pilgrimages, including veneration at the San Nicolás shrine and in cities bearing the Virgin’s name.
• The date recalls the Battle of Lepanto, with the victory attributed to the Virgin and the feast instituted by Pope Pius V.
• One LA GACETA article misstates the Lepanto year as 1578, while other reporting and church history note 1571.
• The day’s santoral also commemorates figures such as Justina of Padua, Pope Mark, Marcelo of Capua, Sergio and Baco, and others listed for this date.