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EGLISE NOTRE-DAME-DE-BON-SECOURS
in Les Salelles
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Its church contains a few little treasures...like this statue of the Virgin...about which a beautiful legend exists: [...].In the old church (1195), the pious parishioners of Les Salelles, inspired by their love for the Virgin, asked the Benedictines of the Chirac monastery to lend them a statue. After having stood for a few months above the high altar, it was time for our poor Christians, with heavy hearts, to return it. They loaded it onto an oxcart, but it became so heavy that it was...
Its church contains a few little treasures...like this statue of the Virgin...about which a beautiful legend exists: [...].In the old church (1195), the pious parishioners of Les Salelles, inspired by their love for the Virgin, asked the Benedictines of the Chirac monastery to lend them a statue. After having stood for a few months above the high altar, it was time for our poor Christians, with heavy hearts, to return it. They loaded it onto an oxcart, but it became so heavy that it was impossible to transport. Struck by this miracle, the monks relinquished the Madonna, who remained at Les Salelles [...].
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