Augustissimae Virginis Mariae (English: The Most August Virgin Mary) is an encyclical by Pope Leo XIII.

It was issued 12 September 1897 in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome and encouraged faithful Catholics to enroll in the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary.

[...] Wherefore, it is said in the Apocalypse (viii.,4): 'The smoke of the incense of the prayers of the Saints ascended up before God from the hand of the angel' (Summa Theol.

"With what confidence may we not hope that those who on earth have united with the Angels in this ministry will one day enjoy their blessed company in Heaven?

This is not at all to be reprehended, unless when so excellent a natural tendency is perverted to evil purposes, and wicked men, banding together in various forms of societies, conspire 'against the Lord and against His Christ' (Ps ii., 2).