Vierge Noire, Myans, (Montmélian, Chambéry, France) , 1248 - November 24
On November 24, 1248, a disastrous avalanche on Mont Granier buried whole towns and killed hundreds in Savoy. When word spread that the cataclysm had stopped short at the small chapel of the Virgin near Myans, its ebony statue of the Virgin and Child...