DEDICATION OF OUR MOTHER OF CAMBRAY (FRANCE) - 5th July
In the year 1472, the statue in the shrine of Our Mother of Cambray was dedicated by Peter de Ranchicourt, the Bishop of Arras. The statue at the shrine is known as Our Mother of
Grace at Cambray and is a famous and popular image of the Blessed Virgin. It depicts Mary standing atop a globe, with her hands down at her sides so that grace can fall from her
fingertips upon her children. There is also a miraculous icon of the Blessed Virgin holding her Divine Infant in a tender embrace. The image is said to have come to Cambray from
Rome in about 1440 and it is ascribed to St. Luke the Apostle. This icon is also known as Our Mother of Grace and is considered the patroness of Cambray.
The icon was crowned in the year 1894 and is proudly taken through the streets of Cambray in procession on the eve of the Assumption each year.
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