Our Lady of Pellevoisin

Local nametombe d'Estelle Faguette
LocationPellevoisin, France

Our Lady of Pellevoisin is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary which refers to a series of Marian apparitions in Pellevoisin, Indre, France. Pellevoisin is west of Châteauroux in the Catholic Archdiocese of Bourges.: 2 

In 1876, a domestic servant, Estelle Faguette, reported receiving a series of fifteen apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and recovered from a serious illness, tuberculosis. A distinctive feature of Faguette's apparitions was her claim that the Virgin wished her devotees to wear a Scapular of the Sacred Heart.

Pellevoisin rapidly became a place of pilgrimage, the shrine of Our Lady of Pellevoisin. Pope Leo XIII encouraged the pilgrimages by approving indulgences to pilgrims,: 111  and also approved related devotions to Our Lady.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Pellevoisin

Address 8 Rue Estelle Faguette, Pellevoisin 36180, France

Coordinates 46°59'0.275" N 1°25'6.354" E

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