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MAY THIS DAY BRING YOU LUCK ! May 1 is Labor Day, but also the day on which we offer, as a good
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MAY THIS DAY BRING YOU LUCK !
May 1 is Labor Day, but also the day on which we offer, as a good luck charm, lily of the valley to the people we love ; This tradition is not new !
In ancient Rome, celebrations in honor of Flora, goddess of flowers, reached their peak on May 1.
The Celts celebrated the start of summer on the same day; They erected a tree around which they danced to chase away evil spirits, they also granted the lily of the valley virtues as a good luck charm.
In 1560, King Charles IX, visiting with his mother Catherine de Medici in the Drôme, was offered by the knight Louis de Girard de Maisonforte a sprig of lily of the valley, picked in his garden at Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux.
From May 1, 1561, the king began to distribute sprigs of lily of the valley to the ladies of the court, telling them:
“Let it be done thus every year”; the custom was born...
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On Saturday, May 18 at 5:00 p.m. at the Saint-Maclou chapel, Father Donat Nsabimana of Notre-Dame de Vie Parish will celebrate the Saint-Marcouf mass.
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On Saturday, May 18 at 5:00 p.m. at the Saint-Maclou chapel, Father Donat Nsabimana of Notre-Dame de Vie Parish will celebrate the Saint-Marcouf mass.
Saint-Marcouf, the saint to whom the chapel of Saint-Maclou is dedicated, was of Frankish origin.
He was born in Bayeux in 490 and was ordained a priest at the age of 30.
He left to evangelize the Cotentin, his preaching and his generous character provoked numerous conversions in a land marked by superstitions.
He attracted disciples who he brought together in Nanteuil where, in the 6th century, he founded an abbey known as Nantus. He obtained this domain from King Childebert 1ᵉʳ, son of Clovis and Clotilde.
People come to see it for its power to heal skin diseases, especially scrofula (or scrofula), tuberculous abscesses of the neck lymph nodes.
Saint-Marcouf died in Nanteuil in 558, he is celebrated on May 4 in the diocese of Bayeux-Lisieux.
We will be very happy to welcome you on the occasion of this service which is traditionally celebrated at the chapel of Saint-Maclou.
See you soon ,
Les Amis de la Chapelle de Saint-Maclou
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ON THIS OCCASION, NOCTURAL AT THE CHAPEL OF SAINT-MACLOU Route de Saint-Maclou, in Sainte-Marie aux Anglais, in the commune of Mesnil-Mauger
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ON THIS OCCASION, NOCTURAL AT THE CHAPEL OF SAINT-MACLOU
Route de Saint-Maclou, in Sainte-Marie aux Anglais, in the commune of Mesnil-Mauger 14270, we look forward to meeting you at the Chapel of Saint-Maclou on May 18 from 8:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Adorned with its most beautiful lights, the Chapel opens its doors to you.
On the program : illuminations, torches and guided tour of the premises.
We will have the pleasure of welcoming you around a friendly drink and helping you taste local products from the Ferme du Bout du Chemin.