Outgoing

This event is in the past.It took place on February 2, 2026 at Abbaye Saint-Victor.

Candlemas Pilgrimage 1
History Exhibition
Candlemas Pilgrimage 2
Candlemas Pilgrimage 3
Candlemas Pilgrimage 4
Candlemas Pilgrimage 5

Candlemas Pilgrimage

Saint-Victor

Every Candlemas, the Black Madonna emerges from Saint-Victor's 5th-century crypts in her green cloak for a procession from the Old Port. The archbishop blesses her before the crowd in an annual tradition that's been pulling pilgrims for centuries.

Annual pilgrimage
Historic abbey
Religious tradition
Old Port procession

Tips

🕯️visit the crypts year-round for 3€
🥖archbishop visits Navettes oven after mass
🏛️"authentic early Christian atmosphere" in the crypt

Abbaye Saint-Victor

Pl. Saint-Victor, 13007 Marseille, France

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