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When is the Feast of the Visitation celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church?
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Madonna and Child, oil and tempera on panel by Antonello da Messina, 1475; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
In the Roman Catholic Church, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on May 31. Prior to 1969, this feast was observed on July 2.1
The feast commemorates the visit of Mary, while pregnant with Jesus, to her cousin Elizabeth, who was pregnant with St. John the Baptist, as recounted in the Gospel According to Luke.1