Notre Dame de Clermont

Notre Dame de Meymac, also known as the Black Madonna of Meymac is believed to have been carved sometime during the 11th century. The Black Virgin has very large hands and a red cloak; and has been called one of the strangest and most interesting Black Madonnas to date. The Child is dressed in red with bare feet, and sits between the Madonna's knees, holding a closed book in his left hand.

This Black Virgin was once part of the 11th century treasure of Benedictine priory of Saint Andrew, originally a hermitage in and during the Merovingian Dynasty...

This is one of the Madonnas of the Fisher Kings, the Merovingian line of Mystic Kings, keepers of the Grail Bloodline. Black Madonnas are believed to be pre-Christian archetypes whose child-nurturing focus is the embodiment of the pre-historic Great Mother.

Taken from THE MEROVINGIAN DYNASTY by Barbara Aho