Dozulé () is a

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in the

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department in the

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in northern

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Population

The apparitions and the Glorious Cross

Between 1972 and 1978,

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is said to have appeared 49 times in Dozulé to Madeleine Aumont, a mother of five children, in the presence of her parish priest Victor L'Horset and other faithful people, and is believed to have dictated a series of messages, containing teachings and of warnings for all people, according to those who believe in them. Among them is the daily ''«Prayer of Dozulé»''.Jean Stiegler; ''Prayers in Dozulé''. 48 pp. Editions Résiac, France. The messages are seen as an annunciation of the return of Christ. The construction of the « Glorious Cross», an illuminated Catholic cross coloured white and blue, 738m tall with arms 123m long, which means with an exact proportion of a ratio of 3 between the vertical and horizontal length, is seen as a sign of it. The followers of the messages of Dozulé believe also that they are the continuation of the

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and that they ask, for the conversion of humanity to avoid a material and spiritual catastrophe.

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Dozulé is twinned with

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, a village in

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, in the

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Dozulé
- Official website Communes of Calvados (department) Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Calvados-geo-stub

Population

The apparitions and the Glorious Cross

International relations

See also

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