Basilica Of Our Lady Of Cléry
The Basilica of Our Lady of Cléry (French: ''Basilique Notre-Dame de Cléry'') is a mid-fifteenth century Catholic basilica, on the site of earlier church buildings, in Cléry-Saint-André, north-central France. It is located south of the Loire River, approximately 18 km (11 mi) south-west of Orléans. History The importance of the church ground at Cléry began with the discovery in 1280 of a statue of the Perpetual virginity of Mary, Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary with the Christ Child, to which miracle-working properties were quickly attributed. The statue was made of oak, slightly more than a meter in height. Louis Jarry believed that the statue was a reproduction of the 16th century, the original having been destroyed by the Huguenots. A small chapel was consecrated in order to further facilitate pilgrimage. Philip IV and Cléry Simon de Melun, seigneur de Cléry and Marshal of France, who patronized the church, wished to establish a collegiate church, which King Philip ...
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Clery Loiret
Clery may refer to: *Clery Act (1990), a law in the United States *Clerys, an Irish department store People with the surname *Jean-Baptiste Cléry (1759–1809), personal valet to King Louis XVI *Arthur Clery (1879–1932), Irish politician and professor *Jeanne Clery (1966–1986), whose death was the impetus for the Clery Act *Corinne Cléry (born 1950), French actress See also

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