Lourdes, Fátima, Guadalupe, Knock. There are many sites that are sacred to Christians for alleged visions of the Virgin Mary. One of the oldest sites with that distinction is in the tiny North Norfolk village of Walsingham. The story goes back to 1061, five years before the Norman invasion of England. English noblewoman Richeldis de Faverches claimed to have had three Marian visions, during which she was shown the house of the Annunciation, the building in Nazareth where Christians believe Jesus was conceived. Mary apparently instructed her to build a replica of the…
