Our Lady of Boulogne 2
France (13th c.)
A beautiful lady arrived in a small boat without sails or oars. The witnesses asked her name to which she replied that she is the Advocate of Sinners, a source of grace, source of mercy. “I want a divine light descend upon you and your city. Build a church in my name.”
A second account says that around the year 636, in the time of King Dagobert, Saint Omer was bishop of this region. By late afternoon, the people of Bologna were gathered in an indoor chapel of reeds and branches, located in the upper part of the city, when the Mother of God appeared and told the faithful that they should go to the river and they found a boat without sails, without oars without masts containing a Virgin of wood.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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