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The Annunciation SingersLady Day Lady Day Feast of the Annunciation, usually 25 March This article is about a religious festival. For the jazz singer, see Billie Holiday. For other uses, see Lady Day (disambiguation). In the Western liturgical year, Lady Day is the common name in some English-speaking and Scandinavian countries[clarification needed] of the Feast of the Annunciation, celebrated on 25 March to commemorate the annunciation of the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would bear Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Quick facts Official name, Observed by ... Lady Day The Annunciation c. 1472 Leonardo da Vinci (1472–1475) Uffizi Gallery Official name Feast of the Annunciation Observed by Anglophone and Scandinavian Christians internationally Type Religious, with later secular effects… (Source: Wikipedia)
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