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"Protect us from famine, war and plague, Seigneur," cried the Lyonnaise
people in 1628. Alas, their pleas came too late--the bubonic plague had
already crossed the Rhône River, terrifying the inhabitants and killing
half of them.
The desperate people prayed to the Virgin Mary to return good health to
the city until miraculously, in 1643, the plague disappeared and the
Lyonnaise people never doubted their divine protection. So, how did this
episode of divine intervention become the largest modern-day
international light festival? (Read entire post.)
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The Bubonic Plague was a 'wake up call' from God to improve the lack of sanitation of medieval cities.
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