Salette

Salette, LA, an Alpine village of France, dept. Isère, 28 miles SSE. of Grenoble. Here on 19th September 1846 the Virgin is alleged to have appeared to two peasant children; from that time the spot was visited annually by thousands of pilgrims. In 1852-61 a pilgrimage church was built, in the Romanesque style, at an elevation of 5920 feet. The alleged appearance of the Virgin was, however, discredited by Pope Leo XIII. in 1879. Pop. 607.