This is the name under which the Virgin Mary presented herself in Banneux in 1933.
She would have appeared several times to Mariette Beco, an 11-year-old girl, between the and the , near her home in Banneux , a village south of Liège , Belgium .
The Marian apparitions having been recognized by theChurch as authentic (in 1949 ), a sanctuary was built there, which has become a very frequented Marian pilgrimage center with between 450,000 and 500,000 visitors each year 1 .
The number of pilgrims, especially groups of the sick, is increasing rapidly, coming from Belgium and neighboring countries.