Renaissance of The Sanctuary
On 4 April 1807, the chapel of Notre-Dame de la Garde was reopened for worship. That day there a procession started from the Major bringing to the sanctuary the statue which had been bought by Escaramagne. The traditional procession of the festival of God began again in 1814. Julie Pellizzone mentions this event in her diary: “Sunday 12 June 1814, feastday God, the gunners of the urban guard went morning, as well as the penitent white, to seek Notre-Dame of Garde to bring downtown, following antique use. She was greeted by several cannon blasts. Mass was said, then it is brought to our premises, carried by the penitent ones which had their cap covering the figure, thing which since the Revolution had not taken place.
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