Why this date

Tradition follows the Gospel accounts of the Visitation according to Luke (Lk. I, 39-56) . The feast of the Visitation of the Holy Mary, Patron of the city of Enna, is still celebrated on this date. The date also coincides with the Octave of the feast of St. John the Baptist.

And Matera already celebrated the Madonna on July 2nd, even before the establishment of the feast in 1389.

   There are no documents to confirm these various theories .