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Pilgrims raising a cross at a mountainous shrine in Austria. Engraving by T. S. Engleheart after G. R. Lewis.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: the shrine and sacred well. Wood engraving by H. Lanos.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: Père Marie Antoine addressing newly arrived pilgrims. Wood engraving.

Pilgrims visiting the Holy Cross at the abbey of Woestijn, with the chapel in the background. Engraving, 191-.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: pilgrims praying in front of the grotto and portrait of Bernadette Soubirous. Wood engraving.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, with God and the Holy Ghost, and the heads of two monastic saints. Lithograph by N. Sanesi after Domenico Veneziano.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées: pilgrims gathered at the cave of Massabielle. Lithograph.

La Sainte Tunique de N. S. J. C. [Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ : souvenir pour les élèves du pensionnat de Fribourg, 1843 / Luois Fran̕cois Guerin.

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Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, with God and the Holy Ghost, and the heads of two monastic saints. Lithograph by N. Sanesi after Domenico Veneziano.

Pilgrims visiting the Holy Cross at the abbey of Woestijn, with the chapel in the background. Engraving, 191-.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées: pilgrims gathered at the cave of Massabielle. Lithograph.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: pilgrims praying in front of the grotto and portrait of Bernadette Soubirous. Wood engraving.

La Sainte Tunique de N. S. J. C. [Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ : souvenir pour les élèves du pensionnat de Fribourg, 1843 / Luois Fran̕cois Guerin.