 Mélanie Calvat was received by Pope Leo XIII in a private audience on 3 December 1878.The message was officially published by Mélanie Calvat herself on 15 November 1879 and received the imprimatur of Mgr.Salvatore Luigi Zola, bishop of Lecce near Naples (who had protected and assisted Calvat in his diocese) under the title "Apparition of the Blessed Virgin on the Mountain of La Salette."