The festival was originally held on August 15, but was moved to January 21 to celebrate victory over the French in 1690. Patron saint of Dominican Republic.
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día, altagracia, altagracia, commemorating, patronal, image, protector, people, dominican, republic, feast, annual, public, holiday, january, lady, altagracia, portrait, virgin, mary, painted, 16th, century, portrait, kept, basílica, catedral, nuestra, señora,. Dia de la Altagracia or Altagracia Day is a day commemorating the patronal image and protector of the people of the Dominican Republic It is a feast day and annual public holiday on January 21 Our Lady of Altagracia is a portrait of the Virgin Mary painted in the 16th century 1 The portrait is kept in the Basilica Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia in the city of Salvaleon de Higuey Dia de la AltagraciaObserved byDominican RepublicTypeReligiousSignificancefeast day for Our Lady of Altagracia protector of the Dominican RepublicDateJanuary 21Next time21 January 2024 2024 01 21 FrequencyannualThe festival was originally held on August 15 but was moved to January 21 to celebrate victory over the French in 1690 Patron saint of Dominican Republic References edit Our Lady of Altagracia SQPN Archived from the original on 6 July 2012 Retrieved 27 July 2012 nbsp This holiday related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Dominican Republic related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dia de la Altagracia amp oldid 1054405329, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
