nd du laus 2

In May 1664, 17 years old...

while Benoîte was leading her goats on the mountain of Saint-Maurice... 

an old man approached her, introducing himself as [3rd cent., Egyptian/black, christian legionnaire and martyr] Saint Maurice himself. 

Lucas Cranach the Elder

He appeared in an antique episcopal vestment... 

and told Benoîte Rencurel that he was the one to whom the nearby chapel was dedicated... 

that he would fetch her some water (out of a well she had not seen before)...

and that she had to go down to a certain valley to escape the local guard... 

and see the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus... 

Who was both in Heaven and could appear on Earth.

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