JUNE

1.
Our Lady of the Star, at Aquileia, in Italy. This church is so called, because it is affirmed that & star was seen in open day on the head of St. Bernardine of Siena, when, preaching at Aquileia, he applied to the Blessed Virgin that passage of the Apocalypse, where it is said that there were twelve stars on her head.—(See his life in Surius.)

2.
Our Lady of Edessa, in Asia Minor. It is asserted that this image, placed beneath the gateway of a church, spoke to St. Alexis, and made known to the people the merit of that saint. Thence it was removed to Rome, where it is highly honored. —(Thomas Bosius, lib. ix. c. 9.)

3.
Our Lady of Sosopoli, in Pisidia. This image distilled, a miraculous oil, as is testified by Germanus, patriarch of Constantinople, in a letter read at the second council of Nice, assembled for the defence of holy images.—(Art. 4, of the Council of Nice.)

4.
Our Lady of the Hill, at Fribourg, where many miracles are wrought.—(Triple Couronne, n. 85.)

5.
The chronicle relates that in the year 1428, Our Lady of Haut, in Hainault, restored a child to life, who had been dead several days, that he might receive baptism; that he lived five hours after receiving that sacrament, and then melted away by degrees, like snow, in presence of seventy persons.—(Justus Lipsius) History of Our Lady of Hal, ch. 21).

6.
Institution of the nuns of the Visitation of Our Lady, founded at Annecy, in Savoy, in the year 1610, by St. Francis of Sales, Bishop of Geneva, and St. Jane Frances Fremiot de Chantal, who was the first nun.—(Henri de Maupas du Tour, 2' partie, cn. 1.)

7.
Dedication of Our Lady du Val, of the Order of Citeaui, seven leagues from Paris, under Louis XIII., on the 18th of April, in the year 1616—(Manuscripts of Church.)

8.
Our Lady of Alexandria, in Egypt, built by St Peter, patriarch of this city.— Baronius, ann. 310.)

9.
Our Lady of Ligny, near Bar le Duc, in Lorraine. This image is very famous for the frequent miracles wrought there.—(Triple Couronne, n. 57.)

10.
Our Lady of Cranganor, in the East Indies. It is asserted that this church was built by one of the three Magi.—(Osorius, t. i„ de Gestis Emman.)

11.
Our Lady of Esquernes, half a league from Lille, in Flanders. This image began to work miracles about the year 1162.—(Buzelinus, Annals of Gaul, lib. ii.)

12.
The chronicle records that on this day Our Lady appeared to St. Herman, of the Premonstratensian order, and gave him a lock of her hair.—(See hit Life in Surius.)

13.
Dedication of Our Lady of Sichem, near Louvain, in the year 1604, by Mathias Hovius, Archbishop of Mechlin. The image of the Blessed Virgin seen in this church, was originally placed in the hollow of an oak-tree-—(Justus Lipsius de Virg. Aspricol., c. 4.)

14.
In the year 371, there fell from heaven, at Arras, something like white wool mixed with heavy rain, of which mention is made by St. Jerome, and it is maintained that the famine being great in the country, the inhabitants of Arras had recourse to the Blessed Virgin, who sent them this heavenly present, commonly called manna, some remains of which are still to be seen in the church dedicated in her honor.—(Archives of the Abbey of Trull.)

15.
Foundation of Our Lady of the Feuillants, in the diocese of Toulouse and Rieux, in the year 1145.

16.
Our Lady of Aix-la-Chapelle, built by Charlemagne, and consecrated by Leo III., in the year 804, where there were assembled three hundred and fifty prelates. Charlemagne gave to this church two tunics of Our Lady, in the year 810, from which Charles the Bald took one, sixty-five years afterward, to give it to the church of Chartres.—(Ferreolus Locrius, lib. v., Mariae, Aug., c. 17.)

17.
Our Lady of the Forest, near Boulogne-sur-Mer. This little chapel is very celebrated in that country. —(Triple Couronne, n. 53.)

18.
Apparition of Our Lady to St. Agnes of Monte Pniciano, with whom, it is said, she left a small cross, which is still shown with great solemnity, on the 1st of May.— (Chronicle of St. Dominic, part. i, lib. i, c. 72.)

19.
At Treves, in Germany, is seen in the church of St. John the Evangelist, built in 333, the comb of Our Lady, given by Agritius, archbishop of that city.

20.
Our Lady of Blachernae, in the harbor of Constantinople, where they possess the winding-sheet of Our Lady, given by the Empress St. Pulcheria, who had received it from Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem.—(Nicophorus, lib. xv, c. 14.)

21.
Our Lady of Matarieh, at Grand Cairo in Egypt, where is seen a miraculous fountain which Our Lady obtained by her prayers, when she fled thither with the Holy Family; and it is held, by tradition, that there she washed the swaddling clothes of the Infant Jesus.—(Triple Couronne, n. 5.)

22.
Our Lady of Narni, in Italy. It is said that this image spoke to the Blessed Lucy, to whom she gave the Infant Jesus to hold.—(Triple Couronne, Trait 3.)

23.
The Justinian Madonna at Carthage. This church was built by the Emperor Justinian, in honor of the Blessed Virgin, to whom he attributed the victories which he gained over the Vandals.— (Baronius, year 534.)

24.
Our Lady of Clos-Evrard, near Treves. This image was fastened to an oak by a vinedresser, who wished to honor it; but Our Lady ordered him to build a small hut in her honor. The miracles which were wrought there caused this hut first, to be exchanged for a little chapel, and at last for a church, which was dedicated in the year 1449, by James de. Rircq, Archbishop of Treves.—(Triple Couronne, n. S2.)

25.
In the year 431, the council of Ephesus, which declared that the Blessed Virgin must be called Mother of God.—(Acts of Council.)

26.
Our, Lady of Meliapore, in the East Indies, where St. Francis Xavier often retired to pray.— (See his Life.)

27.
Our Lady of the Dorada, at Toulouse. The place, which was formerly dedicated to the goddess Pallas, was changed into a church of Our Lady, when the inhabitants received the faith.-(Forcat, lib. i., de Gallico Imperio.)

28.
Dedication of the church of the Carthusians of Paris, under the title of Our Lady, by John d'Aubigny, Bishop of Troyes, in Champagne, in the year 1325.—(Du Breuil, Theatre des Antiquites, lib. ii.)

29.
Our Lady of Baglose two leagues from Acqs, in Gascony. This image was miraculously found in the year 1634, and removed to the parish of Buglose.—(Triple Conronne, n. 36.)

30.
Our Lady of Calais, built by the English, while they possessed that city, of which they were masters during two hundred and ten years ; a magnificent chapel was added to it, in the year 1631, by James de Bolloye, parish priest of Calais.—(Davila, ii.))