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Basilique Notre-Dame de Pontmain

Pontmain

Dimensions
Neo-Gothic granite basilica built between 1873 and 1900, two spires, carillon of 39 bells, capacity of 1,280 people
Period
Apparition of 17 January 1871; officially recognised by the Bishop of Laval on 2 February 1872; sanctuary raised to the rank of minor basilica in 1905
What stands there
Apparition of 17 January 1871 to four children, before the eyes of a crowd of villagers who saw nothing

According to Catholic tradition, the Virgin appeared on 17 January 1871 to four children of Pontmain — Eugène and Joseph Barbedette, Françoise Richer and Jeanne-Marie Lebossé — gradually revealing to them a message of hope in the starry sky, before the eyes of a crowd of villagers who, for their part, saw nothing. Established and verifiable fact: the Bishop of Laval officially recognised the apparition on 2 February 1872 under the title of Our Lady of Hope, a recognition confirmed when the sanctuary was raised to the rank of minor basilica in 1905.

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Getting there : 3 rue Notre-Dame, 53220 Pontmain

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Basilique Notre-Dame de Pontmain
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