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At the Annunciation when the Blessed Virgin gave her "fiat" to become the Mother of Christ through the power of the Holy Ghost, the title of Our Lady of Life came into fruition.
The History of an Ancient Marian Chapel
In the village of Mougins, France, Roman Catholic monks built a chapel in the 11th Century. The name of this chapel was changed from Saint Mary to "Notre Dame de Vie", or Our Lady of Life in 1646.
The Ancient Marian Calendar was first published in the time of King Louis XIV of France. The Marian Calendar is a collection of feasts honoring Marian pilgrimage sites.
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The Feast Day of the chapel, "Notre Dame de Vie", or Our Lady of Life, is January 27.
Notre Dame de Vie
Our Lady of Life, or Notre Dame de Vie was a famous pilgrimage site dedicated to the unborn. Pilgrims believed that if stiilborn or preborn babies were brought there, they would be miraculously brought to life long to enough be baptized during the Catholic Mass before passing on to eternal life.
Faith
The chapel contains the holy statue of the Virgin and Child which pilgrims prayed to in hope of a miracle for their preborn child (see photo above).
An adjacent tomb in the chapel of Notre Dame de Vie contains the remains of the preterm or deceased babies who were brought to life and baptized before passing on into eternal bliss
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