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walsingham became a site of pilgrimage when a woman called

Richeldis de Faverches had a vision of the holy house of annunciation, in Nazareth (the holy house of annunciation was where the Virgin Mary grew up). Our lady appears to Richeldis de Faverches and tells her to build a replica of the holy house in Norfolk.

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