Item
Bibliographic Resource
Statue/Icon of the Virgin Mary; “the little Virgin”
- Title of the Document
- Statue/Icon of the Virgin Mary; “the little Virgin”
- One Line Summary
- While there is speculation on whether or not this item really existed, it is assumed that there was a small icon statue of the Virgin Mary that Rivière and his followers would convene with directly, referred to as “the little Virgin”11.
- Author
- N/A
- Date Created
- 1784
- Location
- Chapel at Trou-Coffy
- Publisher
- N/A
- Transcription
- It is said that there was a particular statue of the Virgin Mary that functioned as a “conduit of the divine messages” that Rivière received. It was revered by both the Prophétesse as well as his followers. It was likely a small icon somewhere in the chapel, potentially on the tabernacle11.
- Provenance
- Its existence is speculative, so there is no provenance.
