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Since long ago, the inhabitants of Saint victor la Coste and of neighboring Laudun, have gone to Mayran on foot from their respective villages. Those in the parish of Laudun went there on the first Sunday of May, and those in the parish of Saint Victor la Coste on the second Sunday. Since 1968, the two parishes have joined their pilgrimages on the first Sunday in May and have come together for an annual assembly on August 15, the day of the Virgin Mary.
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Our ancestors have often called on Our Lady of Mayran, notably during the terrible plague years in the late Middle Ages. The presence in the chapel of a statue of Saint Roch, patron saint of plague victims, and of a painting representing Saint Charles Borromée, hero of the Milano plague, attest to the importance of Mayran in the face of this epidemic. It is undoubtedly in thanks to a divine intervention that the religious populations of Saint Victor la Coste and Laudun go to Mayran in pilgrimage each year. |
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| But this pilgrimage may well have another origin, if we are to believe the "Thesis on processions" of father Berthézène, priest of Laudun from 1824 to 1840 - he mentions the writings of father Conrasier, also priest of Laudun, who on August 15, 1791, at the age of 82, stated: "For five years, the seasons were all disarranged. Summer took over all other seasons. The heat was excessive. Nothing became ripe. Rivers and springs dried up. The people of Laudun decided to honor Saint Roch with a procession, imploring God's mercy, so that He would protect France. They revered greatly this procession." |
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