Our Lady of Good Remedy
Paris, France (1197)
In 1197, a Sorbonne doctor of theology and newly ordained priest, Jean de Matha, saw while saying his first mass a Vision of an angel with a red and blue cross on his chest and his hands on the heads of two captives. The following year, St. Jean founded a religious order dedicated to the redemption of Christians held as slaves by Moslems - the Hospitaler Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of Captives, commonly called the Trinitarians. On their habit Jean placed the cross he had seen on the angel, and as patron he gave them Notre-Dame du Bon Remède, a popular devotion in his Provengal homeland.
For three centuries they raised funds and traveled from Europe into Africa to buy thousands of captives’ freedom with Our Lady’s help. The Order celebrates her feast day on October 8.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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