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In this task, you are given a sentence and question which can be answered using the sentence. Your task is to answer the question using the information from the sentence. The answer to the question is unique and it is a continuous text span from the sentence.

Sentence: The means to lay their foundation being the outcome of special prayers addressed to the Mother of God during the nine days preceding event of 8 Dec. , 1854 . 
 Question: what is something addressed  to?
Output:
the Mother of God during the nine days preceding event of 8 Dec. , 1854 .