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Sainte Marie Majeure, Marseille, France
The first cathedral built in France after two centuries of religious
upheaval, Marseille's "New Major" cathedral in Roman-Byzantine
style replaced the "Old Major" romanesque cathedral of the
1100s. Prince-President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte placed the first stone
September 26, 1852. The massive church was not finished until the 1890s.
Pope Leo XIII declared it a basilica minor on January 24, 1896, and it was
consecrated on May 6, 1897. Some 6,000 people, many of Neapolitan descent,
participate in the Madonna's procession on the feast of the Assumption,
August 15. Information from "Cathédrale Sainte-Marie-Majeure de
Marseille," Wikipédia, fr.wikipedia.org. Photo of procession
provided for "La Major au quotidien," Marseille : la
Cathédrale de la Major, cathedrale.marseille.free.fr/nouvelle/quot/quot.htm
by Fr. Alain Ottonello, Cathedral curate. |
Also commemorated this date:
 | Notre-Dame-Trouvée, Pouilly-en-Auxois, Côte-d'Or, Burgundy, France. Fête celebrated
finding of statue in 1200s, stolen in 1980. |
| Notre-Dame d'Aubespeyre, Aubespeyre, Cantal, Auvergne, France. Statue
destroyed at Rev. New statue blessed, 1886. Fête July 2. |
| Segíto Szuzanya, Szigetvár-Turbék, Baranya, Hungary (Virgin Mother
Helper). Painting installed, 1741. |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Costa di Folgaria, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige,
Italy. Pilgrimage. Festa Sept. 8. |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Piove di Sacco, Padova, Veneto, Italy. Festa del
voto commemorates liberation from plague of 1631. |
| Santa Maria di Cotrino, Latiano, Brindisi, Apulia, Italy. Festa. |
| Onze Lieve Vrouw van Renkum, Renkum, Gelderland, Netherlands. Return of
1300s statue to church after 300 years, 1928. |
| Matka
Boża z Gruszką, Parczew, Lublin, Poland (Mother of God of the
Pear). 1500s painting crowned May 6, 2000. |
| Virgen de Belén, Almansa, Albacete, Castilla La Mancha, Spain. Patronal
feast. Romería following Sunday. Recorrido 3rd Sun. Sept. |
| Hodegetria Icon of the Mother of God, Lviv, Ukraine (Sunday after St.
George's Day, April 23 in the old calendar, May 6 in the new) |
| Marian Shrine, Stony Point, New York, USA. Rosary Way blessed, 1956. |
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