They instinctively knew that this would be the one true God who would prove their old gods to be mere idols, and so they ordered a statue of this unknown virgin and child to be sculpted and placed on the altar. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son…” (Is. As one old story goes, in the year 50 B.C., the Druids heard of Isaiah’s prophecy: “ Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. There are several theories on the idea they might have learned it from the Jews, who, after the conquests of Alexander scattered all over the earth they might have received it from a revelation direct from God they may have gotten it from ancient tradition running back to the early patriarchs and prophets. It is natural to wonder where the Druids got the idea of this virgin. In fact the shrine is even ‘pre-Christian’, being as it is the site of an original pagan temple from before the birth of Christ! The shrine of Notre Dame de Sous-Terre, is built on what was probably the oldest dedicated shrine to Our Blessed Lady anywhere in the world. At the time Julius Caesar was in Gaul (58-49, B.C.) the Druids had a place of worship at Chartres, and even then, they had an altar in a grotto on a hill now occupied by the Cathedral this altar was dedicated to the “Virgin who would bring forth a son” – traditionally also at that grotto there was a wooden statue to this (Pagan) virgin. to 54 A.D., deemed it necessary to officially forbid the practice of the Druid religion. to 37 A.D., and Claudius, Emperor from 41 A.D.
They did everything they could to uphold the national cause against the Roman conquerors and urged the people to rebel. The Druids were a fraternity of priests, religious teachers and judges who ruled the Celtic inhabitants of ancient Gaul (France now), Britain and Ireland. On the spot where the Cathedral of Chartres now stands, the Druids raised a prophetic statue of a virgin, and called it Virgini Pariturae (virgin who would bear a son). All three titles have their origin at the spot today occupied by the Cathedral of Chartres.
In the city of Chartres, 55 miles southwest of Paris, Our Lady is honored under three titles, among them, “Sous Terre Viergo” or “Our Lady of the Underground”.
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