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''' Liesse-Notre-Dame ''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Aisne]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Picardy]] in northern [[France]].
==Notre-Dame de Liesse==
Ever since the twelfth century Liesse Notre Dame (Our Lady of Joy) has been a center of Marian pilgrimage.<ref>[http://www.evasion-aisne.com/en/Things-to-see-and-do/Places-to-visit/Basilique-Notre-Dame-de-Liesse-LIESSE-NOTRE-DAME "Basilique Notre Dame de Liesse", Department de l'Aisne]</ref> It was a favorite shrine of Princess [[Henrietta Maria of France]].<ref>Wedgwood, C. V. (1970) The King's War: 1641–1647. London: Fontana</ref> In 1686, after Trinity Sunday, 1686, after [[Jean-Baptiste de La Salle]] and the Brothers took their first vows, they made a pilgrimage to Liesse, walking all through the night, and again pronounced the vows before at the statue of Our Lady of Joy above the main altar). The church is now a minor basilica.<ref>[http://dlsfootsteps.org/cities/liesse/about.php "Liesse Notre-Dame", In the Footsteps of La Salle]</ref>
===Legend===
Sometime in the twelfth century, while protecting the fortress of Bersabee, near Ascalon, three knights of St. John of Jerusalem, brothers and members of the noble house of Eppes in Picardy were captured in a Saracene ambush and were taken to the Sultan of Egypt. The knights refused to convert to Islam, despite and theological arguments and promises of gold and honor. Angels brought the three imprisoned knights a small statue of Our Lady for consolation. The Sultan decided to send his daughter Ismeria to the dungeon to convert the three knights. From the knights she learns about the Christian god and Our Lady which prompts her desire to embrace the Christian faith. Her resolve to convert is strengthened by the miraculous and resplendent image of Mary. Ismeria is instrumental in the liberation and flight of the knights. During their flight all four fall asleep, and during their sleep are miraculously transported to Northern France. Awakening close to the Eppes’ castle in Picardy, their joy and that of their family is immense, Notre-Dame de Liesse (Our Lady of Joy). Ismeria receives baptism in the cathedral of Laon. The knights preserved the statue of the Madonna, and built a handsome church to receive Our Lady of Liesse.<ref>[https://www.udayton.edu/blogs/imri/2016-03-08-epinal-5.php Roten, Johann G., "Our Lady of Liesse", Marian Library, University of Dayton]</ref>
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==References==
*[http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE]▼
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