Our Lady of The Pillar - Feast Day

Feast Day

Our Lady of the Pillar is celebrated on 12 October and is the Patroness of the Hispanic peoples and the Spanish Civil Guard. A grand nine-day festival known as Fiestas del Pilar is celebrated in Zaragoza every year in her honor.

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