An ancient statue of the Madonna and Child.
It was brought from Egypt to France during the Crusades by three Knights of Malta who had been briefly captured by Saracens.
It was enshrined at Liesse, diocese of Soissons.
The original statue was destroyed during the French Revolution.
A duplicate was installed and crowned in 1857.
![[Our Lady of Liesse]](mary0032.gif "26kb gif photo of the image of Our Lady of Liesse, date unknown, photographer unknown; please do not write to ask about the image")
