Feast of the Immaculate Conception - Basilica Cattedrale di Sant'Agata, Catania, Sicily

8 December, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione), is traditionally the day on which all Italians decorate the tree, build the crib, start shopping for Christmas presents and get together with their families for the "starter meal" for the following holidays.
In reality, it is, above all, a religious holiday.
The Immaculate Conception is a Catholic dogma, a universal truth, proclaimed on 8 December 1854 by Pope Pius IX with the bull "Ineffabilis Deus".
On this day, it was established that Virgin Mary was preserved from original sin from the moment of her conception.
It is no coincidence that 8 December was chosen as the date nine months before the day of Mary's birth, 8 September.

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