Notre-Dame de Ceignac basilica

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Notre-Dame de Ceignac basilica
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The Basilica Notre-Dame de Ceignac ( German  Basilica of Our Lady of Ceignac ) is a church in the village of Ceignac in the municipality of Calmont in the Aveyron department in the French region of Occitania . The pilgrimage church of the Rodez diocese dates mainly from the 15th and 16th centuries and bears the title of a minor basilica .

history

Towards the end of the 13th century, an old church dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene was adjacent to the pilgrimage church of Our Lady of the Mountains. This received the statue of Our Lady of Ceignac in the 13th century, a statue of the Virgin Mary with child made of linden wood in the Byzantine-Gothic style. When the chapel became too small, the two buildings were merged. Two Romanesque yokes have been preserved from this period. In the middle of the 15th century a Gothic church was built and the bell tower was rebuilt in the Romanesque style of the Ste-Foy abbey church . The place enjoyed the protection of the von Arpajon family, lords of Calmont-de-Plancatge , who had made the sanctuary their tomb.

In 1667 the nave was enlarged by the entrance hall and side chapels were added. Between 1926 and 1932, a major expansion was carried out under Father Costes, the central nave in Romanesque style corresponds to the old part of the building. In the church there is a polychrome stone tomb, stained glass windows, relics. Pope Pius XI elevated the church to a minor basilica in 1936.

Pilgrimage

Legend has it that a Hungarian prince regained his sight in the middle of the 13th century while praying in front of the statue of Mary. The sanctuary became a place of pilgrimage, to which Pope Martin V granted the right in 1420 to grant full indulgences on Marian feasts . These indulgences were renewed by Pope Alexander VII , and in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI. On August 17, 1873, more than 30,000 pilgrims came to the sanctuary. At the coronation of the statue of the Virgin Mary on July 9, 1876 by Cardinal Joseph Hippolyte Guibert , Archbishop of Paris, on behalf of Pope Pius IX. 40,000 pilgrims took part. During the 20th century, the pilgrimage to Ceignac was supported by the missionaries of Vabres, who built a house of prayer and retreat. After falling numbers of participants, the patron saint of Our Lady of Ceignac was revived on May 8th, when the basilica was filled with pilgrims for the first time.

Web links

Commons : Basilica of the Nativity  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Basilique Notre-Dame de Ceignac on gcatholic.org (English)
  2. ↑ a b Basilique Notre-Dame de Ceignac (with floor plan, French, pdf; 893 kB)
  3. ↑ Basilique Notre-Dame de Ceignac (French)
  4. ↑ Notre-Dame de Ceignac / Notre-Dame des Monts on pelerinagesdefrance.fr (French)

Coordinates: 44 ° 16'22.1 "  N , 2 ° 31'25.3"  E