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Pilgrimage sites in Belgium – Lier

HISTORY The miraculous statue has stood in the Sint-Jozef en Bernardus Church, also known as the Lisp church in Lier. The church dates from 1873 and will be deconsecrated in 2025...
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Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Cologne

HISTORY In 1630, 5 daughters of the Discalced Carmelites from ‘s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands came to Cologne. They fled from the Netherlands due to the increasing dominance of Protestants, who gave them more and...
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Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Ophoven

HISTORY In 1196, Count Otto von Born (c. 1160-c. 1224) and his wife Petronella von Limburg (c. 1183-c. 1223) donated the land for the establishment of a Cistercian monastery. The pilgrimage church dates from 1198 and…
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Pilgrimage sites in Germany– Bergheim

HISTORY The parish church of St. Remigius was consecrated in 1175 by Philipp I von Heinsberg (c. 1130-1191), Archbishop of Cologne (1167-1191). The church is located on the site where a chapel previously stood…
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Pilgrimage sites in Italy – Genazzano

HISTORY Augustinians have been in Genazzano since 1356. A legend underpins the pilgrimage site. The story goes that in 1467, the fresco depicting the Virgin Mary miraculously…
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Pilgrimage sites in Italy – Savona

HISTORY On 18 March 1536, Mary appeared three times to the shepherd Antonio Botta (c.1470-1550). This happened during a war between Savona and Genoa. For the warring parties, She ...
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