Our Lady of Pellevoisin

Marian title of Pellevoisin (Central-Valle del Loira)

La advocación de Our Lady of Pellevoisin is born from the Marian apparitions referred to in Pellevoisin, in the department of Indre, France, a Estelle Faguette en 1876. The sources consulted agree that they were 15 apparitions throughout that year, and in them the Virgin presented herself with the title of "Our Lady of Mercy" o “Toda Misericordia”.

Main data

Origin and history

La advocación de Our Lady of Pellevoisin is born from the Marian apparitions referred to in Pellevoisin, in the department of Indre, France, a Estelle Faguette en 1876. The sources consulted agree that they were 15 apparitions throughout that year, and in them the Virgin presented herself with the title of "Our Lady of Mercy" o “Toda Misericordia”.

As for the documented historythe disease of Estelle Faguette was later considered a miraculous healing by the archbishop of Bourges, with recognition 1893 and with the consent of the Holy Office, according to Vatican News. It also shows that devotion was authorized and promoted by the diocese, though on officially reconocted by Rome as an apparition, and that in 1877 The pilgrimage to the place was authorized. The devotional tradition links these apparitions with the impulse of Scapular of the Sacred Heartlater promoted by Leo XIII in 1900.

The image and the sanctuary

It does not contain a miraculous image unique of Our Lady of Pellevoisin comparable to a specific size or painting of great antiquity; devotion focuses above all on the apariciones and in the memory of the house - chapel linked to Estelle Faguette. In the devotional iconography associated with the sanctuary the Virgin is usually represented as Mother of Mercyin relation to the message of compassion and the white scapular of the Sacred Heart.

The place of worship is the Sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Pellevoisin o Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mercy of Pellevoisin, in Pellevoisin (Indre, France). The sources consulted describe it as an important Marian pilgrimage center, but no consta which have the title of minor basilica.

Sponsorship and coronation

No consta un Official patronage clearly documented municipal, diocesan or national in the sources consulted. The devotion belongs to the diocese of Bourges and the sanctuary of Pellevoisin, but it does not appear as a formal patronage of a city, diocese or nation.

Canon coronation: does not contain a documented canonical coronation in the revised sources.

Party and devotion

La main party se señala el August 15in relation to the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. In addition, a Votive mass to the Virgin the 9 September from 1922, según Vatican News.

The devotion to Pellevoisin is characterized by the pilgrimages, the prayer for Dios's mercy, la difusión del Scapular of the Sacred Heart and the memory of the healing of Estelle Faguette. The sources indicate that 1877 The pilgrimages were authorized and that devotion was growing by the graces attributed to the sanctuary over time. The sources consulted do not contain reliable annual numerical inflow data.

Link to the Rosary

No relationship direct and specific between Pellevoisin and a particular practice of the Rosary in the sources consulted. However, because of its Marian content and its emphasis on mercy, Pellevoisin is naturally integrated into the spirituality of the Rosary, which contemplates the mysteries of Christ with the look of Mary and leads to a more intense trust in her maternal intercession.

Sources: tradition of the sanctuary, diocesan information and Wikipedia in Spanish. The distinction between popular piety and documented ecclesial history is specific to this fact sheet; extraordinary accounts are presented as devotion and not as doctrinal pronunciation.