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Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Toute-Aide de Querrien

La Prénessaye

Dimensions
Chapel built from 1652 on a Latin-cross plan, nave enlarged in 1779, bell tower completed in 1790
Period
Apparitions from 15 August to early September 1652; statue found on 20 August 1652; never formally recognised as apparitions by the bishopric, unlike the cult, which was authorised
What stands there
Sanctuary still active, between 70,000 and 100,000 pilgrims a year according to the diocese

According to Catholic tradition, the Virgin appeared some fifteen times to Jeanne Courtel, an 11-year-old deaf-mute shepherdess, between 15 August and early September 1652, instantly curing her infirmities and pointing out the spot where a buried wooden statue lay, found on 20 August in a pond. The bishop of Saint-Brieuc had the chapel built from September 1652, but the Church has never formally authenticated the apparition itself; only the cult was authorised.

Wikipédia — Apparitions mariales de Querrien ↗

Getting there : Hamlet of Querrien, commune of La Prénessaye, around 40 km south of Saint-Brieuc

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Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Toute-Aide de Querrien
Rundvald · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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