Chapelle Notre-Dame de Piétat

Pardies

In January 1661, a shepherd is said to have witnessed an apparition of the Virgin asking him to have a ruined chapel rebuilt; a hawthorn bush is then said to have flowered unexpectedly, a sign retained by tradition as confirmation of the wonder. The first Mass in the restored building was celebrated on 15 August 1661 by the bishop of the diocese — a documented fact, unlike the account of the apparition itself, which belongs to Béarnese popular tradition.

Encyclopédie mariale — Marie de Nazareth ↗

Getting there : Chapel open on Sundays at 5 pm (May–October) and in the afternoons in season; pilgrimages at Ascension, Trinity Sunday and the Assumption

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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