The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-24
CURED BY A RELIC -?
Wonderful Recovery of Little
Valentine Gebelt,
Able TO Walk After Visiting 81. lean
Baptiste Church.
Many Pilgrims Said to Be On Their
Way Here.

The annual pilgrimage to the little
church of St. Jean Eaplistc. in seventy
sixth street. nea" Lexington avenue. ia
ass'" n Iros.;ss. III, j. The nuv-na
OF the feast 81 s.. Anne. the mother Of
the Virgin MARY
The novcna is as the name implies,
nine days preparation preceding n
feast. and In this instance commenced
last Tuesday and will end THURSDAY.
when masses will be said every hour
from 8 until II O'Clock In the morning
Rev. Father Gladu. -. NJ l.. of Mon
treal also breaches at $50 A. NJ. and
=. NJ. every day.
1t is only two years since this cult has
sprung up at 81. Jeans. and IL quite tho
result OF chance. 1t happened the Mgr
Marquis OF st. Anne Beauprc, In Can
ada. stopped for awhile two years ago
at the house Of Father +. Tetreau. the
pastor OF ST. Jeans. Mgr. Marquis was
on his way home from Rome. where
he had been to secure portion of the
wrist bone Of St. Anne.
While at Father Tetreau's the mon.
signor allowed this relic to be exhibited
during certain hours each day. the
church became crowded with worship.
pers and curious. and several
miraculous cures from contact with the
relic were soon reported.
,.Aftcr Mgr. Marqnis's departure
Father Tetreau begged the Pope to pre-
relic. This request was compiled with,
and shortly before the feast Of st.
Anne Aug. 2. 1892 piece Of tho bone,
wide. arrived and was placed on exhibit
ton at the church.
From that day to his the, shrine has
been visited daily by hundreds, often
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blind. the halt and the otherwise sick
or disabled. Now and then sudden cures
were reported: but the latest. and per
f ur-year-old Val antine Gebeit who lives
with his parents at 55s First avenue.
Little Valentine had. It is said. suffer
ir.g a long time from double spine and
hip disease. and was frequently taken to
the Hospital for Cripples, at Lexington
avenue and Forty-second street. There
he was put In braces and furnished with
legs being considerably shorter than the
Although these appliances served to
lessen Valentines pain. his cure seemed
Mr. Ieaei S as Ixse e. anne ssD. shrne
tie sufferers body with the relic.
The first visit seemed to bear no
fruit: nor did the second. but at the
third visit. towards the end of septem-
Der. after kissing the relicuary In
which lay the bone, little Valentine ex-
claimed:
Mamma, I feel better now: please
take of the braces" At the same time,
according to those who say they wit
ressed the event. Valentine made efforts
to free himself from his bandages:
and when these were take off, they say
he stood erect awhile and then began
to walk about.
1t was noticed. however, that the lit
| tie fellow limped very considerably
Somebody suggested that this might bs
owing to the thick-soled shoe. Hi'
shoes were. accordingly. taken off. anC
he then walked ii is said, with as firm
and even a gait as II his legs had never
been of unequal length.
These facts are testified to by grown
persons and children In the neighbor.
hood Of little Valentines home. as vel
as by the priests and nuns attached to
the Church of st. Jean Baptlste.
A physician gave II az his opinion
that the child had suffered from = ner.
vous malady that simulated double
| whole when the nervous strain was re-
| moved. This. however. is regarded by
others as very unlikely in so young u
| child.
1t is reported that company of l.OOt
pilgrims Is on Its way to st. Anne's
shrine from great distance. Nothing
was known OF this at the church.
nence to st. Jeans that the Maris
| Brothers, under Brother Zephyrini
have been enabled to build and thor.
| ouehly equip great school, which they
call st. Anne's Academy. next door L
the church. 1t will accommodate 70,
students. and will be open for instruc
ton some time in September.