France Black Madonna

vierge noire de graville (le havre)



the statue of black virgin @ rocamadour



le havre,(seine-maritime): statue near graville abbey (abbaye de graville)
le puy-en-velay: in 1254 when passing through on return holy land saint louis ix of france gave cathedral ebony image of blessed virgin clothed in gold brocade (notre-dame du puy). destroyed during revolution, replaced @ restoration copy continues venerated.
liesse-notre-dame, (aisne): notre-dame de liesse, statue destroyed in 1793, copy of 1857
marseille,(bouches-du-rhône): notre-dame-de-confession, abbey of st. victor ; notre-dame d huveaune, saint-giniez church
mauriac, cantal: notre dame des miracles
mende, (lozère) : cathedral (basilique-cathédrale notre-dame-et-saint-privat de mende)
menton, (alpes-maritimes): st. michel church
meymac abbey, (corrèze)
molompize: notre-dame de vauclair
mont-saint-michel: notre-dame du mont-tombe
myans, (savoie)
quimper,(finistère): eglise de guéodet, nommée encore notre-dame-de-la-cité
riom,(puy-de-dôme): notre-dame du marthuret
rocamadour, (lot): our lady of rocamadour
sainte marie (réunion) : black virgin river rains (fr)
saintes-maries-de-la-mer (camarque) avignon: annual gypsy festival celebrating sara, patron saint of gypsys
soissons (aisne): statue of 12th century
tarascon, (bouches-du-rhône): notre-dame du château
thuret,(puy-de-dôme)


black madonna of toulouse



toulouse: basilica notre-dame de la daurade in toulouse, france had housed shrine of black madonna. original icon stolen in fifteenth century, , first replacement burned revolutionaries in 1799 on place du capitole. icon presented today 1807 copy of fifteenth century madonna. blackened hosts of candles, second madonna known sixteenth century our lady la noire.
tournemire, château d anjony, our lady of anjony
vaison-la-romaine, (vaucluse): statue on hill
vichy, (allier): saint-blaise church




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