Our Lady La Noire

deity French Catholic single tradition · 1

A Black Madonna venerated at the basilica Notre-Dame de la Daurade in Toulouse, France. The original icon was stolen in the fifteenth century, its first replacement was burned by Revolutionaries in 1799, and the current 1807 copy became blackened by candle smoke and was known from the sixteenth century as 'Our Lady the Black One.'

When

First attested
1400 CE
Attested period
1400 – 2020
Historical notes
Original stolen in 15th century, replacement burned 1799, current 1807 copy blackened by candles.

Relationships

aspect of
Virgin Mary

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“Toulouse: The basilica Notre-Dame de la Daurade in Toulouse, France had housed the shrine of a Black Madonna. The original icon was stolen in the fifteenth century, and its first replacement was burned by Revolutionaries in 1799”

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