Posts tagged with france.
Chapelle de la Médaille Miraculeuse
A vintage postcard of the chapel of the Miraculous Medal in the Rue du Bac in Paris.
In 1830 St. Catherine Labouré experienced a series of apparitions in this chapel which instigated the popular devotion of the Miraculous Medal. Millions of Catholics worldwide wear the medal.
Notre-Dame de Grâce
The statue of Our Lady of Grace in Honfleur, Normandy. The many ship ex-votos indicate that the image is venerated as a patroness of seamen.
Virgo Pacis
The statue of Our Lady of Peace in the basilica of Sacre-Coeur in Paris, France.
Notre Dame des Miracles
A vintage postcard of the altar and miraculous statue of Our Lady of Miracles in the pilgrimage basilica in Mauriac, France.
A Byzantine style fresco of the Virgin of Tenderness in the church of St. Anne in Châtel-Guyon, France.
A 19th century French print of women performing May devotions before a Marian altar.
A stained glass window in the church of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil in Paris, France.
(Source: parismyope.blogspot.co.uk)
A miracle-working icon of Mary in the church of St Julien le Pauvre in Paris, France.
(Source: Flickr / kotomi-jewelry)
Notre-Dame du Sacre Coeur
A French devotional image of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, who is called upon as the Hope of the Hopeless.
The English alabaster Virgin and Child in the chapel of St Gonery in Plougrescant, France.
