Ad Caeli Reginam
''Ad Caeli Reginam'' is an encyclical of Pope Pius XII, given at Rome, from St. Peter's Basilica, on the feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the eleventh day of October, 1954, towards the end of the Marian year, in the sixteenth year of his Pontificate. The encyclical is an important element of the Mariology of Pope Pius XII. It established the feast Queenship of Mary. History The title "Queen of Heaven" is given to Mary-based primarily on her role as ''Theotokos'' (translated as Mother of God), as proclaimed by the Council of Ephesus in 431. As Christ is King, so his mother is accorded the title of Queen. Pope Sixtus IV, in his apostolic letter ''Cum Praeexcelsa'' of 1476, establishing a Mass and Office for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, referred to Mary as a "Queen,"... "Who is always vigilant to intercede with the king whom she bore." Pope Leo XIII refers to Mary as "Queen of Heaven" in the 1891 encyclical ''Octobri Mense''. This title of Mary beca ...
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