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Basilica of Notre-Dame d'Avioth

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Basilica of Notre-Dame d'Avioth

Basilica of Notre-Dame d'Avioth

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    3. Basilica of Notre-Dame d'Avioth loop from Avioth

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    September 8, 2023

    The Basilica of Notre-Dame d'Avioth is a Gothic church dating from the 14th-15th century, of a surprising size for a village of 150 inhabitants. It has been classified as a French historic monument since 18402. The flamboyant Gothic building separated from the rest of the church is a unique architectural masterpiece of its kind. Every year in July, Our Lady of Avioth attracts pilgrims from all over the world. You can explore the basilica and its surroundings, admire the intricate stone carvings and the statue of the Black Madonna, and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of this rural sanctuary. The basilica is also a stop on the Via Arduinna, a pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.

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      August 30, 2022

      A sanctuary for 800 years

      It was a beautiful discovery that the village of Avioth was born in the 12th century: a resident of a neighboring village found, miraculously emerging from a thorn bush, a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary. From the chapel that was built it quickly became a shrine and a place of pilgrimage. Stillborn children were also baptized; Bernard van Clairvaux sang the Salve Regina for the first time. Today the shrine is still very much alive. For example, the church was inspired to become a basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1993; every year, in mid-July, crowds of pilgrims flock to the Pilgrimage of Our Lady of Avioth.



      Source: notredamedavioth-fr.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=nl&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=sc

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        August 13, 2021

        Given its grandeur and the small size of the village of Avioth, the church is also called "the Cathedral of the Fields", because it appears to have been built in no man's land. It owes its location and size to the fact that the village was located on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.



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        Originally a simple hamlet, the village of Avioth owes its development to the miraculous discovery of a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary and Child during the twelfth century. A pilgrimage soon developed here and the ecclesiastical and feudal authorities supported the construction of a church.



        The Church of Our Lady of Avioth enjoyed the privilege of being a very popular place of refuge. The pilgrimage to Our Lady of Avioth has been held since the twelfth century. Every year, this procession on July 16 attracts many believers. According to tradition, Bernard of Clairvaux sang the Salve Regina for the first time. Pope John Paul II elevated the building to basilica minor in 1993.



        Our Lady of Avioth is one of the few so-called Black Virgins in northeastern France.[2] Carbon-14 dating of the lime wood has shown that the wood was carved around the year 1095, thus confirming the tradition that the statue was discovered in the 12th century.

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