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Near La Salette-Fallavaux in southeastern France, shepherd children Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud reported a Marian apparition, now known as Our Lady of La Salette (statue pictured).
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La Salette-Fallavaux
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
La Salette-Fallavaux is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. The sanctuary of Our Lady of La Salette in the mountains above the village is a well-known pilgrimage site devoted to an 1846 Marian apparition.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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French religious sister and marian visionary
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French Marian visionary
Pierre Maximin Giraud was a French man known for his Marian visionary of Our Lady of La Salette.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Supernatural appearance by Mary, mother of Jesus
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Our Lady of La Salette
1846 Marian apparition in France
Our Lady of La Salette is a Marian apparition reported by two French children, Maximin Giraud and Mélanie Calvat, to have occurred at La Salette-Fallavaux, France, in 1846.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)