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According to 9th and 14th century sources, the hermit St Meinrad (d. 861) was especially devoted to the Virgin and was given a miracle-working statue of the Virgin and Child by Abbess Hildegard of Zurich around  which he built a chapel. Following his murder, a church was built over this chapel. The new  church was dedicated but not the chapel. In 948 Conrad of Constance was praying in the chapel when he witnessed Christ and the  angels performing the dedication rites. A papal bull of 11th November 966 allowed the celebration of the anniversary of this miracle and granted  remission of sins to pilgrims to the shrine. This late 19th/early 20th-century postcard was published for sale to pilgrims as a souvenir of the shrine.","physicalDescription":"Rectangular postcard (landscape format). 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