Our Lady of La Salette
| Our Lady of La Salette | |
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| Location | La Salette-Fallavaux, France |
| Date | 19 September 1846 |
| Witness | Mélanie Calvat Maximin Giraud |
| Type | Marian apparition |
| Approval | 19 September 1851 Bishop Philibert de Bruillard Diocese of Grenoble |
| Shrine | Sanctuary of Our Lady of La Salette, La Salette, France |
| Patronage | La Salette-Fallavaux, Silang, Cavite |
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Our Lady of La Salette (French: Notre-Dame de La Salette) is a Marian apparition reported by two French children, Maximin Giraud and Mélanie Calvat, to have occurred at La Salette-Fallavaux, France, in 1846.
On 19 September 1851, the local bishop formally approved the public devotion and prayers to Our Lady of La Salette. On 21 August 1879, Pope Leo XIII granted a canonical coronation to the image now located within the Basilica of Our Lady of La Salette. A Russian-style tiara was granted to the image, instead of the solar-type tiara used in the traditional depictions of Our Lady during her apparitions.
Places dedicated to Our Lady of La Salette outside of France include a sanctuary in Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal; a chapel in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico; a shrine in Kodaikanal, Tamilnadu, India; as well as a national shrine in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and a shrine in Enfield, New Hampshire, in the United States, known for their displays of Christmas lights.