Our Lady of Beaumont, Lorraine, France (12th Century) The little shrine of Our Lady of Beaumont, or Notre-Dame-de-Bermont, is located in Lorraine, France, between the towns of Domremy and Vancouleurs. For many years the small church was thought to date from the 11th century, though the date of its founding was thought lost in the…
Our Lady of Tongres, France (1081) Our Lady of Tongres, in the diocese of Cambray. This image, in the year 1081, was taken into a garden, where the bishop of Cambray had a church built. Our story goes back to the First Crusade, and concerns a knight by the name of Hector, who becoming blind…
Our Lady of Cambron, France (1322) The Abbot Orsini wrote: “Our Lady of Cambron, of the order of Citeaux, in Hainault, near Mons. It is said that this image, being struck by a wicked man, in the year 1322, bled copiously.” The abbey of Cambron was founded on the River Blanche and was a daughter…
Our Lady of Happy Assembly, Le Laus, France (1664) Le Laus (pronounced Lows) is a little village in southeastern France, 60 miles to the southeast of Grenoble. The story of Mary’s shrine there centers around a young woman named Benoite Rencurel, who was born on September 29, 1647 of humble parents in the little village…
Our Lady of Victory at Tourney (1340) One of the first, and certainly one of the most decisive engagements of the Hundred Years War, was the naval battle of Sluys, fought on June 20th in the year 1340. The French had amassed a large fleet of ships for the intended invasion of England, but King…
In 1703 Mary was given the title Divine Shepherdess, bestowed upon her by Father Isidore of Spain after a vision in which the Blessed Mother appeared to him as a shepherdess. Father Isidore was born of a rich and noble family of Seville, in 1662. He was the pride of his family and looked upon…
OUR LADY OF RANSOM also known as OUR LADY OF MERCYOUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM (England)Our Lady of Ransom The story of Our Lady of Ransom is, at its outset, that of Saint Peter Nolasco, born in Languedoc about 1189. He conceived the idea of establishing a religious order for the redemption of captives seized by the Moors…
Our Lady of Valvenere, Spain This image is a replica of the original which appears to have dated from the tenth century and is preserved in the Royal Abbey shrine of Our Lady of Valvanera, or Valvanere, in Rioja, jealously guarded by Benedictine monks. The oldest documents preserved date from the thirteenth century, and tell…
The Giving of the Name of Mary to Our Lady by St. Ann, her mother In this divine consistory and tribunal of the Most Holy Trinity it was determined to give a name to the Child Queen. As there is no proper and legitimate name, except it be found in the immutable being of God…
Our Lady of Pucha, Valencia (1223) According to tradition, the image of Our Lady of Pucha, or Nuestra Senora del Puche, was fashioned by the angels, and made of the very stone of the sacred sepulcher where the most holy body of the Mother of God lay hidden for three days. After the assumption of…