Complex sentence: The church is regarded as a sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia described it as "one of the two candles of devotion to Our Lady in the Diocese of Belley".
Split into simpler sentences: The church is regarded as a sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia describes it as "one of the two candles of devotion to Our Lady in the Diocese of Belley".