dedicated to Saints 



75 



by S. Peter \ that even he, the Prince of the 

 Apostles, did fall through feare, and denyed his 

 Lord j so are we, fallible creatures, the more liable 

 to a similar tentatioun." — Wheak. 



July 2. — Visitation of the Virgin Mary. White Lily. 

 Lilium candidum. 

 This festival was instituted by Pope Urban VL 

 in commemoration of the journey which the mother 

 of our Lord took to the mountains of Judaea to 

 visit the mother of S. John Baptist. 



In almost every case the vase of white lilies 

 stands by the side of the Blessed Virgin, with its 

 three mystical flowers crowning their three stems, 

 said to have been adopted in consequence of the 

 miraculous appearance of three lilies, to confirm 

 the faith and strengthen the doubts of a certain 

 famous master of the Dominicans, at the instance 

 of S. Egidius. 



