the coronation of the Virgin of Fourvière in pictures
Notre-Dame de Fourvière with its new crown.
Find the photos of the re-coronation of the Virgin Notre-Dame de Fourvière during a mass in the Basilica after the lighting of “Thank you Mary” at the top of the hill that prays. Click on images to enlarge.
This Thursday, December 1st was an important day for the Diocese of Lyon and the Fourvière Foundation. It marks both the re-coronation of the statue of the Virgin Notre-Dame de Fourvière after his flight in 2017the lighting of “Merci Marie” for the festivities of the Festival of Lights which is also the feast of the Immaculate Conception, and finally the blessing of the Crèche des Lyonnais in the crypt of the Basilica.
For the occasion, the Archbishop of Lyon, Mgr. de Germay was present as well as Goudji, the artist who designed the crown, and Mgr. Migliore, the Apostolic Nuncio to France.
As a reminder, the damage of the theft had been reported at around one million euros while this crown had been made thanks to donations from the Lyonnais.
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