Banneux
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Banneux is a small town, southeast of Liège
in Belgium
.
It is known because of the reported Marian apparitions
of Our Lady of Banneux
, also known as Our Lady of the Poor to a young girl called Mariette Beco.
Liège
Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium....
in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
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It is known because of the reported Marian apparitions
Marian apparitions
A Marian apparition is an event in which the Blessed Virgin Mary is believed to have supernaturally appeared to one or more people. They are often given names based on the town in which they were reported, or on the sobriquet which was given to Mary on the occasion of the apparition...
of Our Lady of Banneux
Our Lady of Banneux
Our Lady of Banneux is the sobriquet given to the apparition of the Virgin Mary to Mariette Beco, an adolescent girl living in Banneux, province of Liège...
, also known as Our Lady of the Poor to a young girl called Mariette Beco.