Nov 17th - Our Lady of Sion, Queen of the Jews - No Greater Delight

Celebrations In 1393 or 1396, Our Lady of Sion, Queen of the Jews: this confraternity was founded by Count Ferri of Lorraine and his wife. It should not be confused with the religious order started by Alphonse and Theodore Regensburg. The confraternity’s name probably comes from the church where they would meet and which was already a popular pilgrimage site in honor of Our Lady: the Basilica of Our Lady of Sion (Basilica Notre-Dame de Sion), the oldest parts of which from 1325.[1] [1] Orsini – Barthe – Hahn, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 554; https://www.france-voyage.com/cities-towns/saxon-sion-19841/basilica-notre-dame-sion-14374.htm; http://www.marylinks.com/Mary-Calendar.htm#November;