Marian apparition · Pontmain, France

Our Lady of Hope

On the evening of 17 January 1871, during the Franco-Prussian War, children of this Mayenne village saw Mary in the night sky for about three hours, with the message ‘But pray, my children. God will hear you in a short time. My Son allows himself to be moved.’ The bishop of Laval officially recognised the apparition on 2 February 1872.

Where

Pontmain, France

Years

1871

Seers

Eugène and Joseph Barbedette, Françoise Richer, Jeanne-Marie Lebossé

The Church

Approved — Approved by the local bishop

Shrine

Basilica of Our Lady of Pontmain

Feast

17 January

Address

3 rue Notre-Dame, 53220 Pontmain, France

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