Basilica of Our Lady of Alencon
The Basilica of Our Lady of Alençon is a magnificent Gothic church in France, renowned as the baptismal site of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. Her parents, Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin, were also married in this basilica.
Birthplace of St. Therese
The family home in Alençon where St. Therese was born in 1873, and where the Martin family lived. Today it is the focal point of the Sanctuary of Louis and Zelie.
Les Buissonnets, House of St. Therese
After Zelie passed away, Louis relocated the Martin family to this house in Lisieux. Here St. Therese lived our most of her childhood and adolescence from 1877 until she entered the Carmelite convent in 1888. Many of the rooms of the house are preserved from the time the Martin family resided here.
Lisieux Cathedral
Lisieux Cathedral, officially the Cathedral of St. Peter in Lisieux, was constructed in the 12th century. Between 1432 and 1442, the cathedral was the seat of Bishop Pierre Cauchon, who presided over the trial condemning St. Joan of Arc. In the late 1800s, Therese of Lisieux and the Martin family regularly attended mass here. She prayed for the conversion of the criminal Pranzini in the apse chapel.
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Basilica of Our Lady of Alencon
The Basilica of Our Lady of Alençon is a magnificent Gothic church in France, renowned as the baptismal site of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. Her parents, Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin, were also married in this basilica.
Birthplace of St. Therese
The family home in Alençon where St. Therese was born in 1873, and where the Martin family lived. Today it is the focal point of the Sanctuary of Louis and Zelie.
Les Buissonnets, House of St. Therese
After Zelie passed away, Louis relocated the Martin family to this house in Lisieux. Here St. Therese lived our most of her childhood and adolescence from 1877 until she entered the Carmelite convent in 1888. Many of the rooms of the house are preserved from the time the Martin family resided here.
Lisieux Cathedral
Lisieux Cathedral, officially the Cathedral of St. Peter in Lisieux, was constructed in the 12th century. Between 1432 and 1442, the cathedral was the seat of Bishop Pierre Cauchon, who presided over the trial condemning St. Joan of Arc. In the late 1800s, Therese of Lisieux and the Martin family regularly attended mass here. She prayed for the conversion of the criminal Pranzini in the apse chapel.