31. St. Ignatius Loyola. Festival \\. the Gesii, Rome.
First Sunday in July. — Festival vi St. Rombauld, Malines.
Second Sunday. — Festival at Louvain. " Kermesse " (literally
" church-mass," or anniversary of the foundation of the church)
at Ghent

Sunday occurring on or following July 13. — Procession of the
miraculous wafers in Ste. Gudule, at Brussels. See Chambers's
Book of Days, vol. ii. p. 50.
Swiss wrestling matches are held on the Sunday following
July 6 at Seealp, July 22 on the Rigi, on the Sunday following
July 25 at Batersalp, and on the 26th at Sachseln and on the
Engstlenalp.*

In this month a great fair is held at Beaucaire, on the Rhone^
opposite Tarascon (p. 180).
Throughout July the " Tumervereine " hold their meetings in
Germany.
Late m the month the " Kermesse " is held in Brussels.
Every five years (1874, 1879, etc.), a festival of the guilds is
held in Malines.
August,

I. St. Peter's Chains. Festival at San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome.
I and 2. Great festival at Assisi.
4. St Dominic. F€te at the Minerva, Rome.
5. Sta. Maria ad Nives. (See Harey p. 384, or Mrs. Clement's

Handbook^ p. 213.) Cardinals' Chapel in Sta. Maria Magei-
ore, Rome. White flowers showered from the roof of tne
Borghese Chapel (p. 250) during the function.
Pilgrimage to the chapel of " Maria zum Schnee," at the
Klosterli on the Rigi.
10. F6te des drapiers, Vire, Normandy (34 miles S.W, of Caen)

San Lorenzo. F6te in his churches.
12 or 14. Pilgrimage from Gratz to Mariazell.
15. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin.
High mass in presence of the Pope, at Sta. Maria Maggiore

Rome ; benediction from the balcony.'
Pilgrimage to Sta. Maria delle Grazie, nea'* Mantua.
