The Great Procession of Tournai


Our Lady of Alsemberg St Piatus' Church, Tournai plate, 1759.

Women carrying statueDetail

Our Lady is prayed under the name of Star of the Sea since the middle of the 13th century on the Alsemberg hill (Brabant). Tournai pilgrims grouped together as a confraternity at St Piatus' church. They appointed the goldsmith Gaspard Sailly to produce this silver statue, a jewel of Tournai plate.


© Frédéric Denonne September 96.