In the year 1643, during the terrible plague epidemic that ravaged the city, the Lyon aldermen made a vow to organize a procession on the hill of Fourvière to implore the Virgin to spare the city. In doing so, they handed over a candle weighing seven pounds of wax and a gold shield presented on a silk cushion. Every year ...
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