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Our Lady of La Vang | |
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Location | La Vang, Vietnam |
Date | 17 August 1798 |
Type | Marian apparition |
Approval | Not officially recognized by the Holy See |
Shrine | Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang, Vietnam |
Patronage | Vietnamese Catholics, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huế |
Feast day | August 15 August 27 (Huế Archdiocese) [1] |
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http://www.stripes.com/blogs/archive-photo-of-the-day/archive-photo-of-the-day-1.9717/damaged-cathedral-in-vietnam-1972-1.146467 War damage to Our Lady of La Vang church, July 7, 1972. Source: Stars and Stripes. |
Our Lady of La Vang (Vietnamese: Đức Mẹ La Vang) refers to a reported Marian apparition at a time when Catholics were persecuted and killed in Vietnam. The Shrine of our Lady of La Vang (Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang) is situated in what is today Hải Phú commune in Hải Lăng District of Quảng Trị Province in Central Vietnam.