Feasts of June 17
Happy Feast of Our Lady of the Forest of Le Folgoët, and of Dolina, of St Herve the Great and St Moling Luachra!
June 17: Our Lady of the Forest
«Britanny is a land noted for its pilgrimages, and that of Folgoet is one of the chief of them. In 1419 a church took the place of a small chapel of Our Lady in the forest of Lesneven, and it became the center of a big ecclesiastical establishment, with a pilgrim-shrine.
«In 1380 there lived, near Lesneven, a good old man named Salaun or Solomon. He had no one to care for him, lived alone, and did not associate with any person; he walked with his eyes on the ground, but his heart, in Heaven. Old and crippled as he was, he might be seen every evening hobbling toward the chapel of the Blessed Virgin where he spent most of the night in prayer, after the villagers had returned to their homes. He was of the woods, and here where the chapel was built, he slept under an oak near a fountain. He begged for bread, and was often laughed at, jeered at and mistreated by the small boys.
«One day while the villagers were on their way to the chapel, they found the old man in the snow, dying of exposure. They tried to help him, but, with the words “Ave Maria” on his lips, he went to His Queen in Heaven. Legend further relates that he was buried in an out-of-the-way place, since he had no family to mourn him. When spring came, a snow-white lily rose from the outcast’s grave, and on the petals in letters of gold were the words, "Ave Maria!"
«After a chequered history, the shrine fell into decay and was destroyed by fire during the Revolution. It was restored by the people in 1818 and the venerated image of Our Lady was brought back and crowned in 1888. The pilgrimage has grown in popularity ever since.»
June 17: Our Lady of the Forest
Le Folgoët (Breton: Ar Folgoad) is a community in Finistère near Boulogne-sur-Mer, in Brittany, north-western France. The Basilica of Notre-Dame du Folgoët (Basilique Notre-Dame du Folgoët) is a Marian church located in Folgoët. The church was built on the place where lived and was buried Solomon "the Fool," in Breton, Salaün ar Foll, also called the "fool of the woods" or "Fol ar c'hoad" in Breton, who left his name to the place. In 1427, Pope Martin V elevated Notre-Dame du Folgoët to the rank of a minor basilica.
"Solomon the Fool," or "Salaün ar Foll" in Breton, was born in 1310 near Lesneven near the city of Léon in Brittany, and died in 1358 in Le Folgoët. He is the object of popular veneration, however, he has not yet been canonized by the Catholic Church.
Salaün ar Foll was considered simple-minded by his contemporaries, begging his bread from farm to farm, tirelessly repeating "Ave Maria, itroun guerhès Maria" (Oh! Madam Virgin Mary!). He lives in a forest glade near Lesneven. He is called "The fool of the wood" (Foll ar c'hoad), because according to legend, he lives in the hollow of a tree in the forest. He spent all his days begging after attending morning mass. Salaün ar Foll died November 1, 1358. Shortly afterwards, a lily on which is written in gold letters "Ave Maria" was discovered. By opening his grave, it was found that the lily took root in his mouth. The miracle quickly attracts crowds. The chapel of Notre-Dame du Folgoët was built over Solomon's grave, which was changed to a collegiate church by Duke John V of Brittany in 1423.
June 17: Our Lady of the Forest
«Brittany is a land noted for its pilgrimages, and that of Folgoet is one of the foremost of them. In the year 1419 a church took the place of a small chapel of Our Lady in the Forest of Lesneven, and it became the center of a big ecclesiastical establishment, with a famous pilgrim-shrine.
«In 1380 there lived near Lesneven a good old man named Salaun or Solomon. He had no one to care for him, lived alone, and did not associate with any person; he walked with his eyes to the ground, but his heart in Heaven.
«As the years went by, old and crippled as he was, he might be seen every evening hobbling toward a wayside shrine of the Blessed Virgin where he spent most of the night in prayer after the villagers had returned to the warmth and security of their own homes. He was a simple man of the woods, and here where the chapel of Our Lady of the Forest was later built he slept in the open under an oak tree near a fountain.
«Solomon loved to swing from the branches of the tree that hung over the fountain, all the while singing his praises to "Ave Maria!" at the top of his lungs. He begged for bread each day to obtain his meals, and in doing so he was often laughed at, jeered at and otherwise mistreated by the small boys. He was commonly known to one and all as "The Fool of the Woods."
«One day, while the villagers were on their way to the wayside shrine, they found the old man in the snow dying of exposure. They tried to help him, but it was too late for their kindness, as the old man soon died with the words "Ave Maria" on his lips. The fool of the wood had finally gone to his Queen in Heaven. He was buried near the shrine, for he had no family to mourn him.
«When spring came, a snow-white lily rose from Solomon's grave, and on the delicate petals of the lily, in letters of gold, the words "Ave Maria!" could be seen. The grave was opened, and it was soon discovered that the lily had taken root in the mouth of the penniless old hermit. News of the miracle drew crowds to the scene, and a chapel was built to honor Our Lady of the Forest. The gravesite of the simple hermit can still be seen nearby, and visited even in our day. It is marked by four simple stones.
«After a chequered history, the shrine fell into decay and was destroyed by fire during the French Revolution. It was restored by the people in 1818 and the venerated image of Our Lady was brought back and crowned in 1888. The pilgrimage has grown in popularity ever since.»
Feast of Our Lady of the Forest or "Maria im Walde"
An Apparition of the Mother Mary to three young Slovenian shepherdesses, appearing as the Immaculate Conception, June 17, 18 and 19th, 1849, in a wooded area near Dolina, Grafenstein in the bilingual Slovene and German province Carinthia in Austria. The Modernist Apostates have demolished the Shrine and constructed a Demonarium in its place. See https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria-im-Walde-Kirche_(Dolina)
ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
The Holy Martyrs of Apollonia in Macedonia, now Pojani in Albania, Saints Isaurus, a deacon, Innocentus, Felix, Jeremias, Peregrinus, also Basil, Ermia, and others, refugees from persecution in Athens, martyred by the tribune Tripontius.
The Holy Martyrs of Chalcedon Saints Manuel, Sabel and Ismael, Christians sent by the King of Persia to Julian the Apostate to treat for peace, and by him martyred from Odium Dei.
The Holy Martyrs of Durostorum in Moesia, now Silistra in Bulgaria, Saints Nicander and Marcianus, brothers, Roman soldiers, and Daria, Nicander's wife, under Maximianus.
The Holy Martyrs of Rome, Saints Blastus, Diogenes, and 262 Companions martyred under Diocletian from Odium Dei (hatred of God), and buried on the old Via Salaria at the foot of the Cucumber Hill.
St Avitus, priest, at Orleans.
St Bessarion, a hermit.
St Gundulphus, bishop in the territory of Bourges.
St Himerius, bishop of Amelia in Umbria in Italy, his remains were translated to Cremona.
St Hypatius, abbot in Chalcedon in Bithynia, Prophet, wonderworker, champion against Nestorianism.
St Montanus, Roman soldier martyred at Terracina or at Ponza, drowned in the sea with a stone tied around his neck, under Hadrian, translated to Gaeta.
St Rainier Scacceri at Pisa in Tuscany.
OTHER SOURCES
Translation of the Relics of St Columba Columcille, abbot of Iona, Apostle of Scotland.
The Holy Martyrs of Aquileia Saints Ciria, Mary, Musca and Valerian, recorded by the Martyrology of St Jerome.
The Holy Martyrs of Brescia Saints Dignamerita, beheaded, and her two young sons, who were Defenestrated to their deaths, by a mob of Pagans, under Hadrian. Patron saints against Lynching and Defenestrations.
The Holy Martyrs of Fez in Morocco Saints Egidius, John, Louis, and Paul, Mercedarian ransomners.
The Holy Martyrs of Tonkin in Vietnam Saints Emmanuel of Abreu and 3 Companions in 1737 AD.
St Adolf, bishop of Maastricht, see St Botulph.
St Alena of Dilbeek near Brussels, Martyr, wonderworker.
St Agrippinus, bishop of Como in Italy.
St Antidius, bishop of Besançon, martyred by Arian Teutonic tribes invading Roman Gaul.
St Arnold, or Arnaldo, of Foligno.
St Avitus, hermit, abbot at Perche.
St Botulph, abbot of Ikanho in England, and his brother St Adolf, bishop of Maastricht.
St Briavel or Brevile, hermit in Gloucestershire, England.
St Colmán MacLuacháin, Irish abbot, founder and patron saint of Lann, now Lynn, in Ireland.
St David, bishop of Bourges.
St Emily de Vialar, baptized Anne Marguerite Adelaide Emily de Vialar, canonized 1951.
St Enolich, an Irishman.
St Euphemia, abbess of Altmunster.
St Fulk, bishop of Rheims.
St Herve the Great, a Breton blindman, monk, abbot, prophet, wonderworker, healer, protector of animals, celebrated June 1 & 17, and his neice St Christina.
St Moling Luachra, alias Dairchilla, born on the Pentecost, illegitimate in the wilderness, a dove sent by God saved him from infanticide, monk, abbot, Prophet, 2nd bishop of Ferns in Ireland.
Prince St Nectan or Nighton, eldest son of King St Brychan of Brecknock, Martyred at Hartland in Devon, Cephalophore.
St Paul Paul Burali de Arezzo, Theatine, baptized as Scipione, bishop of Naples.
St Peter Gambacorta, hermit, abbot, wonderworker, on Montebello in Umbria.
St Peter Ða, martyr in Vietnam, not yet canonized by a Catholic Pope.
St Philip Papon, a priest imprisoned and martyred with thousands other priests in Rochefort by the Satanists and Traitors of France for refusing to accept the Robber "Government" as "Pope of France," not yet canonized by a Catholic Pope.
St Prior, hermit, disciple of St Anthony the Great in Egypt.
St Rambold, abbot of St Emmeran in Regensburg.
St Teresa of Portugal, Queen of León, died June 18, 1250. On December 13, 1705, Teresa was beatified by Pope Clement XI by his papal bull Sollicitudo Pastoralis Offici, along with her sister Sancha.
St Volker.
ALSO
Joseph-Marie Cassant.
#Oremus
Holy Mary, Mother of God, and our Mother, and all you Saints, Fathers, Mothers, Brothers, Sisters, Popes, Archbishops, Bishops, Hermits, Monks, Martyrs, Virgins, Champions and Heroes of Jesus Christ, whose feasts is today, named and unnamed, we pray to you for your intercession and guidance, lead us away from error and evil and into the Grace and Love of God, that with your assistance, we may join you in Eternity with the Living God, we make this prayer through Jesus Christ Our Lord, Who Lives and Reigns, in the Unity of the Godhead, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, forever and ever, Amen.
Lúcío Mascarenhas.
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