Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre

French commune
nomcommune=Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre
région=Pays de la Loire
département=Vendée
arrondissement=La Roche-sur-Yon
canton=Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
insee=85238
cp=85290
maire=
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Canton de Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
longitude=-0.8916
latitude=46.9594
alt moy=110 m
alt mini=98 m
alt maxi=199 m
hectares=1,579
km²=15.79
sans=3,307
date-sans=1999
dens=209
date-dens=1999

Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre is a town and commune in the Vendée department, in the Pays de la Loire region in France.

=Pilgr

Some 25,000 visitors per year arrive at the town, for it is the burial place of two well known Roman Catholic figures: Saint Louis de Montfort and
Blessed Marie Louise Trichet. The Basilica of Saint Louis de Montfort at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre is an impressive structure that attracts a good number of pilgrims each year.

On September 19th 1996, Pope John-Paul II visited the town to meditate and pray on the adjacent tombs of Saint Louis and Blessed Marie Louise. Pope John Paul II's strong Marian devotion was highly influenced by the Mariology of Saint Louis de Montfort. According to his Apostolic Letter "Rosarium Virginis Mariae", the pontif's personal motto "Totus Tuus" was inspired by St. Louis' doctrine on "total consecration to the Virgin Mary" [ [http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_20021016_rosarium-virginis-mariae_en.html Pope John Paul II's Apostolic Letter "Rosarium Virginis Mariae"] ]

References

* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Laurent-sur-S%C3%A8vre French Wikipedia article]