APRIL

1.
Octave of the Annunciation of Our Lady, in the Carmelite order.—(Balingham on Calend.)

2.
Our Lady the Great, at Poitiers, where is shown an image of the Blessed Virgin, in whose hands the keys of the city were found miraculously while the mayor's servant was looking everywhere for them, to open the gates to the English, to whom he had promised to betray the city.—(Jean Boncher, Annales d'Aquitaine.)

3.
Apparition of Our Lord to Our Lady and the apostles in the supper-room on the eighth day after his resurrection.—(Balingham on Calend.)

4.
Our Lady of Grace, in Normandy. This image is very famous in the country, and people come to venerate it from all parts. — (Archives of the Church.)

5.
Apparition of Our Lady to Pope Honorius IV., for the confirmation of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.—(Balingham on Calend.)

6.
Our Lady of the Conception, at the Capuchin Convent of Douay, in Flanders, where is seen a picture of the Immaculate Conception, which was miraculously preserved from fire, in the year 1553. —(Amatus Franciscus, in his Manuscript Work.)

7.
Our Lady of the Forsaken, at Valencia, in Spain. This image is in a chapel, where it is said that ft great noise is made when any one is drowned, or assassinated near the city. — (Triple Couronre, n. 28.)

8.
Feast of the miracles of Our Lady, at Cambron, near Mons, in the Low Countries.—(Locrius.)

9.
Our Lady of Myans, near Chambery, in Savoy. It is believed that this image, in the year 1249, prevented the lightning, which had already consumed the town of Saint Andre with sixteen villages, from going farther, and was the cause of its stopping at Myans.—(Triple Couronne, n. 114.)

10.
Our Lady of Laval, in Vivarais. This church is much visited for obtaining rain to preserve the fruits of the earth.—(Triple Couronne, n. 41.)

11.
On this day a blind man is said to have recovered his sight in the Church of Our Lady of Montserrat, in the year 1538.—(Balinghain or. Calend.)

12.
Our Lady of Charity, in the Abbey of the Feuillants, seven leagues from Toulouse. It is said that this image has several times wept.—(Triple Couronne, n. 34.)

13.
Apparition of Our Lady to the blessed Jane of Mantua.—(See her Life.)

14.
Apparition of Our Lady to St. Ludwina, in the year 1433.—(John Brnshman.)

15.
In the year 1011, the Blessed Virgin gave the white habit to the blessed Alberic instead of the black which he wore..—(See his Life.)

16.
Our Lady of Victories, in the Church of St. Mark, at Venice. This is the famous image which the Emperors John Zimisces and John Comnenus  carried, in a triumphal car; it is now borne in procession at Venice to obtain rain or fine weather.

17.
Our Lady of Arabida, in Portugal, where an image is seen which an English merchant used to carry about him. Finding himself one day in danger of shipwreck, he saw his image, surrounded with a great light, on top of the rock of Arabida, which induced him to build a little hermitage there, in which he spent the remainder of his days.— (Triple Couronne, n. 16.)

18.
Grant of plenary indulgences, by Urban VI., to those who visit the Church of Our Lady of Loretto. —(Balingham on the Calendar.)

19.
Confirmation of the Feast of the Conception of Our Lady, by the Council of Trent, in the year 1545—(Council of Trent.)

20.
Our Lady of Scheir, in Bavaria. This church was built on the spot where the castle stood, which those of the house of Scheir voluntarily ceded to Our Lady, except Arnaud, who, in punishment of his obstinacy, was drowned in a neighboring lake. — (Herith, de origine gentis et principibus Bavariae.)

21.
Institution of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception, at Toledo, in the year 1506, by Cardinal Francis Ximenes, archbishop of that city. —(See his Life by Gormez, etc.)

22.
Our Lady of Betharam, in the diocese of Lescar, in the province of Bearn. This image was found, in the year 1503, by some shepherds, who, seeing an extraordinary light on the spot where the high altar of the chapel now stands, came up and found an image of Our Lady, for which they at once erected a chapel.—(Triple Couronne. n. 32.)

23.
Grant of indulgences, by Pope Calixtus II., in  the year 1455, to those who visit the cathedral of Arras where a veil and girdle of Our Lady- are preserved.— (Andreas Herby, from the Manuscripts of the Church of Arras.)

24.
Dedication of Our Lady of Reparation, at Florence, by Eugenius IV., in the year 1436.—(Balingham on the Calendar.)

25.
Dedication of the Lower Holy Chapel of Paris, in honor of Our Lady, by Philip, Archbishop of Bonurges, in the year 1248.—(Du Breuil, Theatre des Antiquites.)

26.
Our Lady of Naicra, in Navarre. This image was found miraculously in the year 1048; Dom Garcias de Naiera, King of Navarre) built a church for it, which several kings of Navarre visited.— (Andre Favin, liv. iii.. Hist. de Navarre.)

27.
It is said that in the year 1419, Oar Lady de Hant, in Hainault, restored a child to life who had been dead three days.—(Justus Lipsius, History of Our Lady of Hal, c. 19.)

28.
Our Lady of the Oak, near the town of Sable, in Anjou. This image has wrought so many miracles, that it is at present very famous in the country; Marshal de Bois- Dauphin built a fine church for it, and a house of reception for the pilgrims.— (Triple Couronne, n. 50.)

29.
Our Lady of Faith, at the Augustinian convent of Amiens. This image remained a long time in the cabinet of a young lady, who made a present of it to the church of the Augustinians, where it has wrought many miracles.—(Angustinian Manuscripts, Amiens.)

30.
Our Lady of Mantes, in Brittany. This church, dedicated to the apostles Peter and Paul, by Felix Bishop of Nantes, was demolished by the Normans, in the year 937, and rebuilt by Alain, Duke of Brittany.—(Fortauatus, lib. iii.; Carm., c. 1, 2, 3, and 4.)