Marian Advocations of France
France is the land of Mary: cradle of great apparitions -Lourdes, La Salette, la Miraculous Medal, Pontmain- and of countless sanctuaries of pilgrimage, black virgins (Le Puy, Rocamadour, Orcival) and Marian basilics, collected here by region.
- Marvel and Marian anecdotes of France
- Lourdes - in 1858 the Virgin appeared eighteen times to Saint Bernadette Soubirous in the Grotto of Massabielle and presented herself as "the Immaculate Conception"; from the land that Bernadette sprung up the fountain to which healing continues to be obtained.
- Rue du Bac (París) - in 1830 the Virgin appeared to Saint Catherine Labouré and ordered him to coined the Miracle Medal, today spread by hundreds of millions throughout the world.
- La Salette - in 1846 the Virgin, crying, appeared to two shepherds in the Alps with a message of conversion.
- Pontmain - on January 17, 1871, in the heart of the French-Prussian war, the Virgin showed herself to some children with a message of hope; shortly after the enemy advance ceased.
- Bouchard Island - in 1947 the Virgin appeared to four girls asking for prayer for France.
- Our Lady of the Laus - The Virgin appeared for 54 years (1664-1718) to the pastoralist Benoîte Rencurel; recognized by the Church in 2008.
- Furnace (Lyon) - the city was entrusted to the Virgin in the plague of 1643 and again attributed her salvation in 1870.
Island of France
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Apparition to Santa Catalina Labouré in the chapel of the Rue du Bac (Paris) in 1830, origin of the Miraculous Medal, one of the most widespread Marian devotions in the world.
"Our Lady of the Miracle Medal, pray for us.
Our Lady of Victories
The advocation of Our Lady of the Victories (Notre-Dame des Victoires) is mainly linked to the Parisian church of the same name, in the 2nd district of Paris, where the Archicofradía of the Immaculate Heart of...
"Our Lady of Victories, pray for us."
High France
Our Lady of Boulogne
In Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais, France) was venerated from the altomedieval time to Notre-Dame de Boulogne, also called Notre-Dame de la Mer, linked to the tradition of a image of the Virgin miraculously arrived by sea in a...
"Our Lady of Boulogne, pray for us."
Our Lady of Brebières
The devotion to Our Lady of Brebières is linked to Albert, in the department of the Somme (Alta France), where tradition places the finding of an image of the Virgin by a shepherd.
"Our Lady of Brebières, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Treille
The devotion to Notre-Dame de la Treille in Lille dates back, according to local tradition, to the 13th century.
"Our Lady of the Treille, pray for us."
Our Lady of Liesse
According to tradition or legend, the origin of the sanctuary is at the time of the Crusades.
"Our Lady of Liesse, pray for us."
Normandy
Our Lady of Good Help
It does not contain, in accessible and verifiable sources, a documented story specific to the advocation of Our Lady of Good Relief directly and explicitly linked to the New Gothic Basilica of Bonsecours, near Ruan...
🙏 Our Lady of Good Help, pray for us.
Our Lady of Grace
The advocation of Our Lady of Grace of Équemauville- Honfleur is linked to an ancient Marian chapel located on the hill that dominates Honfleur, at the mouth of the Seine, the historic region of Normandy (France).
"Our Lady of Grace, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Délivrande
The advocation of Our Lady of the Délivrande (Notre- Dame de la Délivrande) is native to the Marian shrine of Douvre-la-Délivrande, in the department of Calvados, Normandy (France), famous for its ancient image of Virgin...
"Our Lady of the Délivrande, pray for us."
Our Lady Liberator of Montligeon
Great East
Our Lady of Benoîte-Vaux
According to tradition or legend, devotion to Our Lady of Benoîte-Vaux dates back to the Middle Ages, when some woodsmen would have found an image of the Virgin in the forest, after hearing a mysterious bell or seeing a light...
"Our Lady of Benoîte-Vaux, pray for us.
Our Lady of Dusenbach
In the repertories of Marian advocations of Colombia and in the international lists of Marian sanctuaries there is no documented advocation under the title Our Lady of Dusenbach linked to Ribeauvillé in Colombia.
"Our Lady of Dusenbach, pray for us."
Our Lady of L'Épine
According to the pious tradition of L'Épine (France), some shepherds would have seen, towards the end of the 14th or early 15th century, a bush or thorn burning without being consumed, inside which was a small image of the Virgin with...
🙏 Nuestra Señora de L’Épine, ruega por nosotros.
Our Lady of Zion
The advocation of Our Lady of Zion on the hill of Sion, in Lorena (France), is linked to a Marian sanctuary of great regional roots on the hill of Sion-Vaudémont, considered from ancient as a reference place for...
"Our Lady of Zion, pray for us."
Our Lady of Thererenbach
The advocation of Our Lady of Thererenbach (Notre-Dame de Thererenbach) is historically linked to the ancient Marian sanctuary in Thererenbach, parish of Jungholtz, in the Upper Rhine (Alsace, France), considered one...
"Our Lady of Thererenbach, pray for us.
Britain
Our Lady of Clarity
# # Tradition and legend According to the local tradition of Perros-Guirec, a sailor in grave danger of shipwreck invoked the Virgin and, after being miraculously saved, ordered to build a chapel in her honor under the title of...
"Our Lady of Clarity, pray for us.
Our Lady of La Peinière
Our Lady of Quelven
The advocation of Our Lady of Quelven (Notre-Dame de Quelven) is linked to the ancient Marian shrine of Quelven, located in the commune of Guern, in the department of Morbihan, region of Brittany (France).
"Our Lady of Quelven, pray for us."
Our Lady of All Remedy
The advocation of Our Lady of All Remedies (Notre- Dame de Toute- Aide) is linked to a Marian apparition in Querrien, town of the commune of La Prenessaye, in the region of Brittany, France, in 1652.
"Our Lady of All Remedy, pray for us."
Our Lady of Rumengol
According to the Breton tradition, devotion to Notre- Dame de Rumengol dates back to a considerable antiquity and the place is held by one of the oldest Marian shrines in the Cornouaille region, in the present French Britain.
"Our Lady of Rumengol, pray for us."
Our Lady of Folgoët
The title of Our Lady of the Folgoët comes originally from the people of Le Folgoët, in the Léon, department of Finisterre (Bretagne, France), and not from Colombia.
"Our Lady of Folgoët, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Zarzal
The tradition of Our Lady of the Zarzal in Josselin places the origin of the image in the ninth century: a representation of the Virgin would have been found in a zarza ("roncier" in French), from where the name of Notre-Dame du...
"Our Lady of the Zarzal, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Yaudet
The advocation of Our Lady of the Yaudet (Notre-Dame du Yaudet) is linked to the small coastal town of Ploulec'h, in the department of Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany (France), on an old promontory of Galo-Roman occupation that...
"Our Lady of the Yaudet, pray for us.
Country of Blonde
Our Lady of Béhuard
The advocation of Notre-Dame de Béhuard is historically linked to a small island of the Loira River, in the territory of the former Anjou, today department of Maine-et-Loire (France), where a Marian sanctuary of origin is erected...
"Our Lady of Béhuard, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Ardilliers
The devotion to Our Lady of the Ardilliers is linked, according to local tradition, to the finding of a Piedad in 1454 by a peasant who plowed a field near a source considered curative, in Saumur, on the banks of the Loira.
"Our Lady of the Ardilliers, pray for us.
Our Lady of Pontmain
Our Lady of the Oak
The advocation of Our Lady of Encine in Vion (Sarthe, France) belongs to the great set of French Marian shrines dedicated to a venerated image in relation to an oak or oak, but in the documentation provided...
"Our Lady of Encine, pray for us."
Centre-Loire Valley
Our Lady of Chartres
Cathedral of Chartres (Eure and Loir), famous for the relic of the veil of the Virgin and the "Vierge du Pilier," great pilgrimage of Pentecost.
"Our Lady of Chartres, pray for us."
Our Lady of Cléry
According to tradition, devotion to the Virgin in Cléry dates back to the Middle Ages, linked to a very venerated Marian image and thanks received by the faithful; popular piety also associates this place with the special protection of...
"Our Lady of Cléry, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Trinity
The advocation of Notre-Dame de la Trinité is historically linked to the city of Blois, in the Central-Valle del Loira region, France, where a Marian sanctuary was erected with this title in the 20th century.
"Our Lady of the Trinity, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Prayer of L'Ile- Bouchard
The devotion to Our Lady of Prayer in L'île-Bouchard dates back to some Marian apparitions from 8 to 14 December 1947 in the parish church of Saint- Gilles, to four girls of the place: Jacqueline Aubry,...
🙏 Nuestra Señora de la Oración de L’Île-Bouchard, ruega por nosotros.
Our Lady of Pellevoisin
The advocation of Our Lady of Pellevoisin is born from the Marian apparitions referred to in Pellevoisin, in the department of Indre, France, to Estelle Faguette in 1876.
"Our Lady of Pellevoisin, pray for us.
Auvernia-Rhône-Alpes
Our Lady of La Salette
Apparition to two pastoralists in 1846 in the Alps (Isère), with a message of conversion; high mountain pilgrimage sanctuary.
"Our Lady of La Salette, pray for us."
Our Lady of Le Puy
The Black Virgin of the Cathedral of Le Puy-en-Velay (Alto Loira), a great sanctuary for pilgrimage and the beginning of one of the Jacobeas.
"Our Lady of Le Puy, pray for us."
Our Lady of Abondance
In tradition and toponymy, the title Notre-Dame d'Abondance is linked to the ancient Augustine abbey of Abondance, in the valley of the same name, in the region of Alta Savoy, currently Auvernia-Rhódano-Alpes, France.
"Our Lady of Abondance, pray for us."
Our Lady of Fourvière
The devotion to Notre-Dame de Fourvière is linked to the religious history of Lyon and to the hill of Fourvière, where tradition places an ancient place of Marian Christian veneration since the Middle Ages.
"Our Lady of Fourvière, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Gorge
The devotion of Notre-Dame de la Gorge is linked to the ancient alpine passage of the Montjoie region and to the historical road to the Grand San Bernardo, through which they traveled for centuries pilgrims, travelers and mountaineers.
"Our Lady of the Gorge, pray for us."
Our Lady of Marsat
In the region of Auvergne (France) there is a series of ancient Romanesque Black Virgin, among which the specialized literature mentions Notre-Dame de Marsat as one of the oldest in the area.
"Our Lady of Marsat, pray for us."
Our Lady of Myans
Our Lady of Orcival
From the historical-documented point of view, the advocation of Our Lady of Orcival is linked to the Romanesque basilica built mainly in the 12th century in the region of Auvergne, France.
"Our Lady of Orcival, pray for us."
Our Lady of Vassivière
According to the tradition collected in devotional sources, Our Lady of Vassivière (also written Vaussivière or Vanssivieres) is a Marian advocation venerated in the mountains of Auvergne, near the massif of the Mont-Dore, where a...
"Our Lady of Vassivière, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Port
The advocation of Our Lady of the Port (Notre-Dame-du-Port) is linked to the ancient parish and district of the Port in Clermont-Ferrand, in the current region of Auvernia-Rhódano-Alpes, France, where the famous basilica is raised...
"Our Lady of the Port, pray for us.
Provenza-Alpes-Costa Azul
Our Lady of Laghet
According to tradition, in the place of Laghet there was a small rural chapel dedicated to the Virgin, where the peasants came to pray and ask for its protection.
"Our Lady of Laghet, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Angels
There are no reliable sources that document a Marian sanctuary called Our Lady of Angels (Notre-Dame des Anges) on a hill of the Macizo de los Maures, Pigans (Var, France) as a pilgrimage sanctuary from the century...
"Our Lady of Angels, pray for us."
Our Lady of Lights
The devotion to Notre-Dame de Lumières (Our Lady of the Lights) is linked to the homonymous sanctuary located in the municipality of Goult, between Avignon and Apt, in the Luberon region (Vaucluse, France).
"Our Lady of Lights, pray for us."
Our Lady of Laus
The apparitions of Our Lady of Laus (Notre-Dame du Laus, "Refuge of sinners") are linked to the young pastoralist Benoîte (Benedict) Rencurel (1664-1718), in the Alpine people of Saint-Etienne-le- Laus, diocese of Gap, in...
"Our Lady of Laus, pray for us."
New Aquitaine
Our Lady of Bétharram
The devotion to Our Lady of Bétharram is born in Lestelle- Bétharram, in the Gave of Pau valley, at the foot of the Pyrenees, in the southwest of France.
"Our Lady of Bétharram, pray for us.
Our Lady of Buglose
On Our Lady of Buglose reliable information comes almost exclusively from the French tradition of the Buglose shrine, in the current municipality of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Landes, New Aquitaine region, France).
"Our Lady of Buglose, pray for us."
Our Lady of the End of the Earth
The advocation Our Lady of the End of the Lands corresponds to the Romanesque shrine of Notre-Dame de la Fin des Terres, in Soulac-sur-Mer (Gironda, Nueva Aquitaine, France), not to Colombia.
"Our Lady of the End of Lands, pray for us."
Our Lady of Sarrance
In the valley of Aspe, in the town of Sarrance (Atlantic Pyrenees, New Aquitaine region, France), there has been an ancient local Marian devotion under the title of Notre- Dame de Sarrance (Our Lady of Sarrance),...
"Our Lady of Sarrance, pray for us.
Our Lady of Verdelais
According to tradition, the origin of the Marian sanctuary of Verdelais dates back to the 12th century and is linked to a crusade, Géraud de Graves, who would have brought from the Holy Land a Marian image or relic and founded there a place of worship to...
"Our Lady of Verdelais, pray for us.
Occitan
Our Lady of Rocamadour
The Roman Black Virgin Cleber hung on the cliff of Rocamadour (Lot), a patron of sailors, crowned in 1856.
"Our Lady of Rocamadour, pray for us."
Our Lady of Lourdes
Apparition to Santa Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 ("I am the Immaculate Conception"); the sanctuary of Lourdes (High Pyrenees) is the largest Marian pilgrimage center in the world.
🙏 Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Our Lady of Garaison
The tradition of Our Lady of Garaison places the origin of the sanctuary in the 16th century, when the Virgin would have appeared repeatedly to the pastoralist Anglèze de Sagazan in Monleon-Magnoac.
"Our Lady of Garaison, pray for us."
Our Lady of Marceille
As for the historical advocation and sanctuary of Notre- Dame de Marceille, ecclesial documentation and historical synthesis place the development of devotion around a Marian sanctuary in Limoux (Aude, Occitania, France),...
"Our Lady of Marceille, pray for us."
Our Lady of Pietat
In the documentation consulted on recognized Marian and Sanctuary Advocations, there is no specific and documented entry on Our Lady of Pietat (Notre-Dame de Pietat) of Barbazan- Debat linked to Colombia.
"Our Lady of Pietat, pray for us."
Our Lady of Prouille
The monastery of Our Lady of Prouille (Notre-Dame de Prouille) is located between Fanjeaux and Montréal, in the department of Aude, in southern France.
"Our Lady of Prouille, pray for us."
Daughter
Our Lady of the Serra
The advocation of Our Lady of the Serra (Notre- Dame de la Serra / Madonna della Serra) is linked to the Marian sanctuary on the hill that dominates the city of Calvi, in the Balagne region, Alta Corsica (France),...
"Our Lady of the Serra, pray for us.
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