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anniversaries september
First Sunday in September
Notre-Dame, Folgoët,
Finistère, Brittany, France
Known as the "nut of the woods," St. Salaün lived in a forest clearing near a
spring, over which he enjoyed hanging from an oak branch, immersed
to his shoulders, singing "O Maria." He lived by begging: "Ave Maria! Salaün could sure eat some bread!" After he died in 1358, aged 48, in the woods near the
spring people found a white lily with "Ave Maria" in gold lettering on its petals—growing from the mouth of the dead fool buried beneath. The
Basilica of Notre-Dame du Folgoët was begun on the spot in 1365, completed in
1419, and consecrated in 1423. Its main altar is over the spring, channeled into
a basin outside behind the church. In 1888, a dark stone Virgin was crowned Our Lady of
Folgoët, replacing a polychrome wood
statue of 1650 which was moved to a side altar. The Black Virgin is standing, holding the Child with her left arm; both wear large crowns.
Her back is flat; the statue may have been on the exterior of the church before
the Revolution, when some statues were damaged and removed for safekeeping or
repair. In the late 1500s, the big pilgrimage date was August 15, Feast of the Assumption. Three hundred years later, the celebration moved to September 8, Nativity of the Virgin. Since 1970 the Grand Pardon has been held the first weekend in
September, with a succession of processions and masses in the Breton language.
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celebrated this date:
 | Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Muxima, Luanda, Angola. Pilgrimage to shrine
of "Mama Muxima." |
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Notre-Dame del Manock, Pont-de-Loup, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. Procession,
mass at miraculous spring, distribution of blessed water, refreshments. |
| Notre Dame sur Vire, Troisgots, Manche, Normandy, France. Mass,
confessions, commemoration of statue's canonical crowning in 1886. |
| Notre Dame des Ermites, Cuves, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France
(Our Lady of the Hermits) |
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Notre Dame de Penhors, Pouldreuzic, Finistère, Brittany, France |
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Notre Dame de Rocamadour, Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère, Brittany, France. Pardon. |
| Notre-Dame du Chêne, Jugon-les-Lacs-Commune-Nouvelle, Côtes-d'Armor,
Brittany, France (Our Lady of the Oak). Pardon. |
| Notre Dame du Coudray, Bain de Bretagne, Ile et Vilaine, Brittany,
France. Pardon. |
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Notre-Dame du Chêne, Vion, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France |
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Notre-Dame des Gardes, Chemillé, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France |
| Notre-Dame de Maison-Pré, La Pommeraie-sur-Sèvre, Vendée, Pays de la
Loire, France (Sunday before September 8) |
| Notre-Dame de La Salette, La Rabatellière, Vendée, Pays de la Loire,
France. Annual pilgrimage to shrine complex; mass. |
| Sainte-Marie, Réaumur, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France |
| Notre-Dame de Bethléem, Ferrières en Gâtinais, Loiret, Centre-Val de
Loire, France. Pilgrimage. |
| Notre-Dame du Suprême Pardon, Chiddes, Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté,
France |
|
Notre-Dame de la Délivrance, Le Puy, Roulans, Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche Comté, France |
| Notre Dame de Lorette, Bellac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France |
| Notre Dame de Partout, Saint-Cyr-les-Champagnes, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine,
France. Pilgrimage to grotto. |
|
Notre-Dame, Sarrance, Pyrenées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France |
|
Notre-Dame-de-la-Vie, Tarentaise, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (Our Lady of
Life) |
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Notre-Dame du Charmaix, Modane, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France,
Valfréjus district |
| Notre-Dame de Lorette, Aillant-sur-Thonon, Aveyron, Occitanie,
France (Sunday before Sept. 8) |
| Notre Dame de la Roque, Villeneuve, Alpes de Haute-Provence,
Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France |
|
Notre-Dame, Bonson, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France |
| Maria im Grünen Tal, Zellingen, Main-Spessart, Bavaria, Germany,
Retzbach district (Mary
in the Green Valley) |
| Madonna della Vita, Crodo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy, Mozzio
district (Madonna of Life). Procession to shrine. |
| Madonna dei Martiri, Balangero, Torino, Piedmont, Italy |
| Madonna del Sasso, Boccioleto, Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy (Madonna of the
Rock) |
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Madonna della Cintura (Consolazione), Grossoto, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy (Our Lady of the Belt) |
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Madonna della Bozzola, Garlasco, Pavia, Lombardy, Italy |
|
Madonna di Porzus, Attimis, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy |
| Madonna Pellegrina, Coldirodi di Sanremo, Imperia, Liguria, Italy (Pilgrim
Madonna) |
| Nostra Signora del Monte, San Fruttuoso, Genova, Liguria, Italy (Our Lady
of the Mount) |
| Santa
Maria del Monte, Nibbiano, Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (St. Mary of
the Mountain) |
| Madonna della Quercia, Bettola, Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (Madonna
of the Oak) |
| Madonna dell'Aiuto, Carpi, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Santa Croce
district (Madonna of Aid). Fair, procession. |
| Madonna dei Ponticelli, Carpi, Modena, Emilia-Romagna,
Italy, San Marino district. Fair: community meal, procession, vendors,
band music, dance. |
| Beata Vergine del Salice, Alberone, Cento, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna,
Italy (Blessed Virgin of the Willow) |
|
Madonna del Popolo, Gatteo Mare, Forli-Cesena, Emilia Romagna, Italy (Our Lady of the People) |
| Madonna della Misericordia, Coriano, Rimini, Emilia Romagna, Italy
(Madonna of Mercy) |
| Vergine del Carmine, Massa e Cozzile, Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy |
| Madonna del Bagno, Castel Focognano, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy (Madonna of
the Bath) |
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Nostra Signora dell'Umiltà, Loro Ciuffenna, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy (Our Lady of Humility) |
| Madonna dell'Ambro, Montefortino, Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy. Harvest
procession, mass. |
|
Madonna del Santo Amore, Torre Alfina, Viterbo, Latium, Italy (Madonna of Holy
Love) |
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Santissima Maria e San Rocco, Mandela, Roma, Latium, Italy |
| Santa Maria dei Fiorentini, Riofreddo, Roma, Latium, Italy (St. Mary of
the Florentines) |
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Madonna del Rifugio, Norma, Latina, Latium, Italy (Madonna of Refuge) |
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Madonna del Castagno, Monte Compatri, Roma, Latium, Italy (Madonna of the
Chestnut) |
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Madonna della Pietà, Chiesa di S. Croce, Veroli, Frosinone, Latium, Italy
(Madonna of Pity) |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Cerchio, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy |
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Madonna dell'Arco, Navelli, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy |
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Madonna di Loreto, Pacentro, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy |
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Madonna delle Grazie, Frisa, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Monteodorisio, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy |
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Madonna delle Grazie, Montefino, Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy |
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Madonna della Misericordia, Naples, Italy (Our Lady of Mercy) |
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Madonna di Gibilmanna, Cefalù, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Festa. |
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Maria SS. della Vena, Piedimonte Etneo, Catania, Sicily, Italy |
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Maria SS. di Lourdes, Rodi Milici, Messina, Sicily, Italy |
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Madonna della Catena, Roccalumera, Messina, Sicily, Italy |
| Madonna Addolorata, Carlopoli, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy |
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Madonna della Catena, Bruzzano Zeffirio, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy (Our Lady of the Chain) |
| Santa Maria la Beata, Stigliano, Matera, Basilicata, Italy |
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Stella Maris, Taranto, Taranto, Puglia, Italy (nautical procession) |
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Madonna dell'Uragano, Gagliano del Capo, Lecce, Puglia, Italy (Madonna of the
Hurricane) |
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Cuore Immacolato di Maria, Galatina, Lecce, Puglia, Italy |
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Madonna delle Grazie, Sanarica, Lecce, Puglia, Italy |
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Madonna dell'Altomare, Otranto, Lecce, Puglia, Italy. Festa. |
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Madonna tac-Cintura, Rabat, Malta (Our Lady of the Girdle) |
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Madonna tal-Karmnu, Xlendi, Gozo, Malta |
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Nossa Senhora da Piedade, Machico, Madeira, Algarve, Portugal (Our Lady of Mercy) |
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Nossa Senhora da Carvalha, Freixo de Numão, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Douro, Portugal |
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Nossa Senhora da Saúde, Sacavém, Loures, Lisboa, Portugal (Our Lady of Health) |
| Nossa Senhora do Desterro, Pontével, Cartaxo, Santarém, Lisboa e Vale
do Tejo, Portugal (Our Lady of Exile) |
|
Virgen de Los Milagros, Caion, Laracha, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain (Virgin of
Miracles) |
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Virxe das Neves, Muros, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain (Virgin of the Snows) |
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Virgen del Yugo, Arguedas, Navarre, Spain |
| Virgen de Cabañas, La Almunia de Doña Godina, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain |
| Virgen de Cilleruelos, Cuevas Labradas, Teruel, Aragón, Spain |
| Virgen del Cid, La Iglesuela del Cid, Teruel, Aragon, Spain |
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Virgen de Matute, Vegas de Matute, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain |
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Nuestra Señora de Gracia, Mansilla de las Mulas, León, Spain |
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Nuestra Señora la Virgen del Villar, Pradillo de Cameros, La Rioja, Spain |
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Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, Valencia de Alcántara, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain |
| Virgen de la Soledad, Colmenarejo, Madrid, Spain (Virgin of Grief). Romería. |
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Virgen de Belén, Palma del Río, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain (Virgin of
Bethlehem) |
| Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, Jimena de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain |
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Nuestra Señora de la Luz, Tarifa, Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain (Our Lady of Light) |
| Virgen de Gracia, Guadix, Granada, Andalucia, Spain |
| Madonna del Sasso, Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland |
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