SVOOST052 - Our Lady of Eiteren

Our Lady of Eiteren

Concise history of the devotion to our Our Lady of Eiteren, 'Help in case of Need'.
Since the early Middle Ages Our Lady of Eiteren has been the centre of a great and fervent devotion.
The little statue was, round about 1310, found by ditchdiggers in a field near the hamlet of Eiteren. They gave it to the Priest of IJsselstein who placed it in his parish church. After disappearing two or three times from the church in an inexplicable way and found again at the same place where the ditchdiggers had found it, it was decided to build a chapel at Eiteren in honour of the Virgin Mary.
In 1399, Pope Boniface IX confirmed a brotherhood in honour of Our Lady of Eiteren. Till the Reformation, Eiteren remained a very renowed place of pilgrimage. Every year on St. John's day (the 24th of June) pilgrims passed along Eiteren in a solemn procession.
All the time the crafts-guilds with their own candles took part in the procession. Again and again a particular group was formed by the lepers with their, so called, 'candle of Lazarus'.
This can be explained by the fact that in those days the regional lepers or Lazarushome was at Eiteren. There the lepers were examined before they got the right to go about, begging with a rattle, the Lazarus rattle.
Roundabout 1447 many lepers had united in a guild in honour of Mary of Eiteren. They pledged to take part in the procession every year, in their midst a beautiful tall candle, the Lazarus candle.
During the sad days of the Reformation, the chapel was destroyed and the little statue was thrown into the river IJssel. However, it did not drift away from the place where it had been thrown into the water.
It was found by fishermen and a roman-catholic person was entrusted with the care of it. Later on it was hidden by a prominent woman in her gown until the first storm of the Reformation had calmed down.
In 1670 it was taken back again to the chruch in IJsselstein and in 1860 it was found in the archiepiscopal museum at Utrecht. There it also attracted the attention of the Sisters of Love. The little statue was lent to them and because of many hearings of prayers they gave it the title: "Help in case of Need'.
In 1936 the priest of IJsselstein, Dean De Grijs, succeeded in getting the little statue back to his parish church.
The devotion increased and especially on the day of the annual procession (the 24th of June) pilgrims came flocking to in great numbers.
In 1986 the fact was commemorated that the little statue had been back again in the church of IJsselstein for 50 years.
On the occasion of this jubilee the Cardinal Archbishop of Utrecht. Monsignor Simonis, crowned the Child on Mary's lap with a little golden crown.
IJsselstein is and will be one of the few places of pilgrimage of the Virgin Mary north of the river Rhine.

SINLEG 0131 - Das Bild kehrt (dreimal) nach dem Fundort (Standort) zurück.    SINLEG 0131 - Das Bild kehrt (dreimal) nach dem Fundort (Standort) zurück.   

SINLEG 0179 - Das Bild, ins fliessende Wasser geworfen, treibt nicht weg oder treibt stromaufwärts.    SINLEG 0179 - Das Bild, ins fliessende Wasser geworfen, treibt nicht weg oder treibt stromaufwärts.   

Bij Eiteren werd een Mariabeeld opgegraven en naar de kerk in IJsselstein gebracht. Het beeld verdween op mysterieuze wijze drie maal uit de kerk en werd teruggevonden op de plaats waar het beeld opgegraven was. Op deze plek werd een kapel gebouwd. Tijdens de Reformatie werd deze verwoest en het kleine beeldje werd in de rivier gegooid. Maar beeld dreef niet weg van de plaats waar het in het water geworpen was. Na de Reformatie werd het beeld jaarlijks door vele pelgrims bezocht.

Letterlijk overgenomen van brochure van de Basiliek van de H. Nicolaas in IJsselstein, toegezonden door VVV IJsselstein

06 juni 2007

Ingezonden naar aanleiding van een vragenlijst voor VVV's van Saskia van Oostveen (onderzoek naar toe-eigening verhalen door steden)

Das Bild kehrt (dreimal) nach dem Fundort (Standort) zurück & SINLEG 0179 Das Bild, ins fliessende Wasser geworfen, treibt nicht weg oder treibt stromaufwärts.

Eiteren    Eiteren   

Bonifacius IX    Bonifacius IX   

Bonifatius IX    Bonifatius IX   

Reformatie    Reformatie   

Heilige Maagd    Heilige Maagd   

Maria    Maria   

God    God   

Jezus    Jezus   

Zusters van Liefde    Zusters van Liefde   

Kardinaal Simonis    Kardinaal Simonis   

Deken De Grijs    Deken De Grijs   

IJsselstein    IJsselstein   

Lazarus    Lazarus   

Utrecht    Utrecht   

IJssel    IJssel   

Rijn    Rijn   

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