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 i., every time these Litanies are said with devotion and contrition.

Pope Benedict XIII., hy a decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Jan. 12, 1728, confirmed this Indulgence; and Pope Pius VII., whilst also confirming it afresh by a decree of the same S. Congr. of Sept. 30, 1817, extended it to 300.

He granted, moreover, to all who say them daily—

ii. on the five Feasts of Obligation of our Blessed Lady, according to the Roman Calendar, viz. the Immaculate Conception, the Nativity, the Annunciation, the Purification, and the Assumption, on condition that, being truly contrite for their sins, having Confessed and Communicated, they visit a public church and pray according to the intention of the Pope.

LITANY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN;

Commonly called the Litany of Loretto.