OUR MOTHER OF LA CAROLLE (PARIS) - 3rd Jul
According to tradition, on 3 July in the year 1418, a Swiss soldier committed a sacrilege upon a statue of the Blessed Virgin known as Our Mother of la Carolle.
It was located at the corner of the Rue aux Ours, which was built in the 13th century and terminated at the hospital of Saint John. The Rue aux Ours
is now a short street that begins at Rue Saint-Martin and ends at the Boulevard Sebastopol in Paris, France. The Swiss soldier came upon the shrine of the Blessed Virgin
after having left a tavern. He was probably intoxicated when he drew his sword and repeatedly struck the statue of the Blessed Virgin with the weapon for no known reason.
The statue of Our Mother of Carole then began to bleed profusely as if made of flesh and blood, and wounded by the blows. The citizens who had observed the sacrilege were outraged
and followed the soldier as he fled from the scene of his crime. The man was eventually caught and apprehended and then brought before the Chancellor where he was
sentenced to death for the outrage.
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