December 6: OUR LADY OF SEEZ
St. Latuin built the first cathedral to Our Lady in the diocese of Seez. If this can be accepted as true, then the original cathedral would date back to the middle of the fifth century. A later church replaced it; one dedicated under the title of Notre Dame du Vivier. The Normans at the beginning of the ninth century destroyed this structure. A third church was built, a hundred meters away, on the site of a pagan temple. This one had added to it the names of the martyrs Saints Gervais and Protase, whose relics were enshrined in it. A special chapel in the cathedral recalled the memory of the first cathedral dedicated to OUR LADY OF SEEZ, for Mary remained the principal patroness of the diocese.
Many famous people made pilgrimages to Our Lady of Seez; among them were St. Germain, Bishop of Paris; St. Evroult, founder of the Abbey of Ouche; St. Osmond, Count of Seez, who became Bishop of Salisbury; St. Thierry, Abbot of St. Evroult; St. Louis was there in 1259; and about the same time Blessed Giles, one of the early companions of St. Francis came to recommend to Mary’s protection the first French convent of Franciscans, which he was going to found at Seez. The Augustinians served the sanctuary from 1127.
In the latter half of the eighteenth century, the Bishop of SEEZ, in response to the wishes of the entire diocese, repaired and embellished the chapel of Our Lady at considerable expense. Later the work of redoing the entire cathedral was undertaken. In June of 1784, the cathedral chapter asked the bishop to consecrate the new altar and the entire cathedral under the patronage of Our Lady. This was done in 1786.
Mary rewarded the prelates for their zeal in promoting her honor by granting all of them the grace of martyrdom in the violent persecution that broke out in 1792.
The beautiful façade of the cathedral was destroyed in 1795. A revolutionary bought the debris with the intent of building a house from it. Two attempts proved failures and he finally gave up the attempt.
From the Woman in Orbit - A Timeless Marian Treasure Compiled By Sr. Manetta Lamberty, S.C.C.
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