by Jeremias Wells
The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
Here is but a small fraction of the victories directly obtained from God through the Holy Rosary:
- The Battle of Lepanto which saved Rome and Vienna, and thus the Pope and the Emperor, from Moslem subjugation
- The deliverance of Vienna by Sobieski
- The victory given to Prince Eugene of Peterwardein
- The raising of the siege of Corfu
- The taking of Belgrade
- The withdrawal from Soviet Troops from Austria on Oct. 26, 1955
- The deliverance of Brazil from Communism in 1964
In this article, we will focus only on the first on the list, that of the Battle of Lepanto.
When Saint Pius V ascended the throne of Saint Peter early in 1566, Christendom faced extreme peril. The Huguenots had been waging a particularly violent war in France since 1562; the Spanish Netherlands exploded in revolt later in the year; England, having gone from schism to heresy, was openly assisting all…
