Newsnote: Translation of the Relics of Vincent de Paul: 1830

The Vincentiana Collection at the Archives and Special Collections Department of DePaul University has recently purchased a previous unknown commemorative medal issued to celebrate the April 1830 translation of the relics of Vincent de Paul to their new resting place at Lazarist chapel on rue de Sevres. The image on the reverse of the medal is that of “Notre Dame des Gres de Bonne Deliverance.” This famous black madonna had resided in the Dominican church of Sainte Etienne des Gres on the rue Saint Jacques before the revolution. The statue survived the revolution and was given to the Sisters of Saint Thomas Villeneuve who also had a convent on the rue de sevres.