St-Tugdual Basilica

St. Tugdual Basilica

Interior

The Basilica of St. Tugdual ( Basilique Saint-Tugdual ) is a Roman Catholic parish church in Tréguier in the Breton department of Côtes-d'Armor . The basilica , essentially built in the 14th century in Gothic form, was the cathedral of the diocese of Tréguier , which was repealed in 1801, and has belonged to the diocese of Saint-Brieuc ever since . In 1947 it received the rank of minor basilica .

history

The diocese of Tréguier goes back to a monastery founded by St. Tugdual in the 6th century, whose patronage is the basilica and whose relics it keeps. A Romanesque cathedral was built in the 11th and 12th centuries. Only the tower of the north arm of the transept ( Tour Hasting ) has survived .

In 1339 work began on today's Gothic building, which lasted with several interruptions - the longest due to the War of the Breton Succession - until the middle of the 15th century. The remarkable late Gothic cloister was built between 1450 and 1468 . The southern transept tower with its pierced top was not completed until 1785.

Architecture and equipment

The basilica is shaped like a Latin cross . The three-aisled nave has seven bays , the ambulatory choir four. A special feature is the transept , to which, in addition to a square crossing tower at the ends, the two main towers - the Romanesque and the late Gothic - are added. Three portal vestibules on the south transept, on the south aisle and on the west facade give access to the church.

The interior is designed with ribbed vaults , ceilings , triforias and polygonal supports with half-column bundles.

The basilica contains u. a. the tomb of Duke Johann V (VI.) († 1442), an elaborate neo-Gothic monument above the grave of St. Ivo and the reliquary of St. Tugdual and Ivo, donated by Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen in the 19th century.

• Interior shots of Saint Treguier
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  Large mosaic window over the side entrance

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  Grave of Saint Ivo

organ

View through the nave with the organ

Today's organ was built by Pierre Tuau in the years 1647–1649 for the Cistercian Abbey of Bégard and bought in 1831 for Saint-Tugdual. Modifications were carried out in 1835–1837 by the organ builder Herland and in 1937 by the Roethinger company. The instrument was last restored in 1982 by the Dunand company. It has 31 stops on three manual works and a pedal . The game and stop action are mechanical.

I Positif de Dos C– Bourdon 8th' Montre 4 ′ Flute 4 ′ Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Duplicate 2 ′ Flageolet 1' Tierce sextée II Cornet II Fittings III Cymbals II Cormorne 8th'

II Grand Orgue C– Montre 8th' Bourdon 8th' Prestant 4 ′ Flute 4 ′ Quintadine 4 ′ Duplicate 2 ′ Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Fourth 2 ′ Tierce 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Cornet V Fittings IV Cymbals III Trumpets 8th' Voix humaine 8th' Clairon 4 ′

III Récit Cornet V

Pedals C – e 1 Bourdon 16 ′ Flute 8th' Trumpets 8th'

• Coupling : I / II, II / P

Web links

Commons : Basilica of St-Tugdual  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information ( Base Mérimée , French)
• Information and floor plan (Diocese of Saint-Brieuc-Tréguier, French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ gcatholic.org
2. ↑ Information on the organ

Coordinates: 48 ° 47'15.5 "  N , 3 ° 13'51.1"  W.