Our Lady of La Vang

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Our Lady of La Vang
Statue of Our Lady of La Vang at La Vang Basilica
Location	La Vang, Vietnam
Date	17 August 1798
Type	Marian apparition
Approval	Not officially recognized by the Holy See
Shrine	Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang, Vietnam
Patronage	Vietnamese Catholics, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huế
Feast day	August 15 August 27 (Huế Archdiocese) [1]

External image
http://www.stripes.com/blogs/archive-photo-of-the-day/archive-photo-of-the-day-1.9717/damaged-cathedral-in-vietnam-1972-1.146467 War damage to Our Lady of La Vang church, July 7, 1972. Source: Stars and Stripes.

Our Lady of La Vang (Vietnamese: Đức Mẹ La Vang) refers to a reported Marian apparition at a time when Catholics were persecuted and killed in Vietnam. The Shrine of our Lady of La Vang (Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang) is situated in what is today Hải Phú commune in Hải Lăng District of Quảng Trị Province in Central Vietnam.