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Lévaud Marian Grotto

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Lévaud Marian Grotto

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  • Location: Sallanches, Bonneville, Auvergne Rhône Alpes, France

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    October 11, 2023

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    During the Second World War, Canon Louis DESBIOLLES, then parish priest of Sallanches, vowed to build a replica of the Lourdes cave if the city was spared the bombs.

    It was in fact in this town in the Pyrenees that the young Bernadette SOUBIRO reported in 1858 several apparitions of the Virgin Mary.

    Sallanches having been spared by the bombings, the priest kept his promise. Thus on June 14, 1944, this oratory was blessed by Mgr Auguste CE BRON, Bishop of Annecy, in the presence of several thousand people.
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    August 3, 2021

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    During the Second World War, Canon Louis Desbiolles, parish priest of Sallanches, vowed to build a replica of the Grotte de Lourdes if the village was spared by the bombardments.
    Sallanches having been spared by the war, the priest keeps his promise, a cave is artificially built in a concrete stone wall, it is on June 14 that the monument is blessed by Monsignor Cesbron, Bishop of Annecy, in the presence of several people .
    The inhabitants of the town dedicated it to the Virgin Mary, the place previously housing a black Madonna.
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    Location: Sallanches, Bonneville, Auvergne Rhône Alpes, France

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