Pope Innocent XII raised it to a feast of the 2nd Class with a Common Octave in 1693.
This was about 150 years BEFORE Pope Pius IX solemnly defined it as a dogma of the faith in 1844.
Later Pope Leo XIII raised it to a feast of the 1st Class with a Vigil in 1879.
Virgin Most Pure, pray for us!
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