Mysterious appearance of old saint lured pilgrims here? (7)
I believe the answer is:
lourdes
'mysterious appearance' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'old saint lured pilgrims here?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'old' could be 'o' (abbreviation) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'saint' could be 's' and 's' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'lured' is 'lurde' which is within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lourdes that I've seen before include "French pilgrimage site" , "location of miracles" , "French town, destination of RC pilgrimage" , "Lured so to revered shrine in south of France" , "It offers hope to the sick" .)