04/08/2026
The feast day of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major is celebrated annually on August 5. Inside the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, visitors find 5th-century mosaics, ancient marble columns, and the sacred relic of the Holy Crib.❤️ The fragments of Jesus' manger are kept in the crypt beneath the main high altar, an area known as the Confessio.♥️🙏