Anglèse de Sagazan
Anglèse de Sagazan (died 1582) was a French shepherdess from Lannemezan who claimed she saw three Marian apparitions in Monléon (70 kilometers away from Lourdes) three times in 1515.[1][2][3]
Life[edit]
The first apparition occurred near a fountain while she was looking after a herd of sheep in Monléon.[3] The Virgin Mary asked Anglèse to tell her father she wanted the local consuls to build a church next to the fountain.[3] While her father told the consuls, the request was rejected.[3] Shortly after, Anglèse talked to the Virgin Mary again, who asked her to tell her father a second time.[3] This time, the local priest left a Christian cross near the fountain.[3] Meanwhile, Anglèse, who had left a loaf of grey bread with the Virgin Mary during the first apparition, found it in her house, although it had become a loaf of white bread.[3]
By 1540, a church was built where the cross lay.[3] Believers claimed miracles occurred and the sick were healed when they visited the church.[3]
Anglèse subsequently became a Catholic nun at the Benardine monastery in Fabas, Haute-Garonne.[2]
Death and legacy[edit]
Anglèse died on December 30, 1582.[3] Seven years later, in 1589, Protestants ransacked the church.[3]
In 1604, an annual pilgrimage to the church was established.[2] Meanwhile, theologian Étienne de Molinier wrote about Anglèse's story in Le Lys du Val de Garaison in 1630.[2] The church, Notre-Dame-de-Garaison, is still active; there is also a Catholic school next door.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Notre-Dame de Garaison". Diocese de Tarbes et Lourdes. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Trouvé, Stéphanie (2006). "Les écrits de Molinier, Pader et Vendages de Malapeire et la peinture à Toulouse au XVIIe siècle". Dix-septième siècle. 1 (230): 101–115. doi:10.3917/dss.061.0101. ISBN 9782130555209. Retrieved March 28, 2016 – via Cairn.info. (registration required (help)).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Laurentin, René; Sbalchiero, Patrick (2007). Dictionnaire des "apparitions" de la Vierge Marie. Paris: Editions Fayard. ISBN 9782213631011. OCLC 123229068.
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