[1] After a long drought on 14 May, 1336, a young girl praying the Virgin Mary saw the eyes of the statue cry and heard the rain fall in the same time.

After the miracle, the chapel could not accommodate the flow of pilgrims and a new church was built on the site in the 15th century.

[4] It was restored by organ builders Robert Chauvin from Dax and Louis Benoist and Pierre Sarelot from Le Mans.

[7] A pilgrimage takes place every year from the Basilica of Saint-Denis to the church of Notre-Dame-des-Vertus.

[8] Another former pilgrimage from Saint-Denys de la Chapelle to Notre-Dame des Vertus granted the pilgrims plenary indulgence.