1087286 | VATICAN CITY. Pius XII. (Pontiff, 1939-1958). An XVI (1954) AR Medal. PCGS SP66. By Aurelio Mistruzzi. Edge: Plain. PIVS XII PONTIFEX MAXIMVS ANNO XVI. Bust, left; signed below truncation / MARIALEM ANNVM RELI - GIOSE AVSPICATVR// MCMLIV. The Pope in prayer in front of the monument of the Immaculate Conception. Rinaldi 148; Bartolotti E 954; Cusumano Modesti 208.

For the proclamation of the Marian Year, opened on 8 December 1953.


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A Marian year is a designation given by the Catholic Church to calendar years in which Mary the mother of Jesus is to be particularly reverenced and celebrated. Marian years do not follow a set pattern; they may be declared by a bishop for his diocese, or a national conference of bishops for a country. Only two international Marian years have been pronounced in Church history, once by Pope Pius XII in 1954, and the next by Pope John Paul II in 1987 In both years, Marian devotion, Marian pilgrimages, and Marian meetings were promulgated. [Wikipedia].