Croix de Saint-Roch
The menhir Croix de Saint-Roch (also called Menhir de Saint-Roch, Menhir à Sapchat, Menhir de Freydefond) stands west of Saint-Nectaire in the Puy-de-Dôme department in France .
The earlier Christianized menhir is about 2.0 meters high and consists of a hexagonal block of crystalline, volcanic basalt , which is locally called orguen ( German "organ pipe" ). It takes its name from an iron cross dedicated to Saint-Roch that stood on the stone at the beginning of the Middle Ages . The cross no longer exists and the stone has returned to its original appearance.
On the Sunday after August 16, the feast of Saint Roch, the people of Saint Nectaire and Sapchat went in procession to the menhir. They came according to a given vow from the time of the plague, which suddenly stopped after the vow.
Nearby are the Saillant dolmen and the Saint-Nectaire-le-Bas dolmen .
See also
literature
- Ulrich Rosenbaum: Auvergne and Massif Central. Cologne 1981, 7th edition 1989. (DuMont art travel guide)
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
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Coordinates: 45 ° 35 ′ 10.1 " N , 2 ° 58 ′ 41.4" E