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'''Our Lady of Walsingham''' is a title used for the [[Theotokos|Virgin Mary]]. The title derives from the belief that Mary appeared in a vision to [[Richeldis de Faverches]], a devout [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] noblewoman, in A.D. 1061 (when England was still considered part of the One Orthodox Catholic Church) in the village of [[Walsingham]] in [[Norfolk]], [[England]]. Lady Richeldis had a Holy House built in Walsingham which became a shrine and place of pilgrimage, and the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham is the most renowned sanctuary of the Mother of God in the whole of the British Isles.
In passing on his guardianship of the Holy House, Richeldis's son Geoffrey left instructions for the building of a priory in [[Walsingham]]. The priory passed into the care of [[Canons Regular]] sometime between 1146 and 1174.
== External links ==
*[http://www.westernorthodox.com/walsingham The Orthodox Christian Society of Our Lady of Walsingham]
*[http://olwalsingham.googlepages.com/ Our Lady of Walsingham Orthodox Christian Church] in Mesquite, Texas, United States
*[http://www.walsingham.org.uk Official website of the Anglican and Roman Catholic shrines]
