Life of St. Fiacrius (Le Faouët)

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Window life of St. Fiacrius in Le Faouët

The window Life of St. Fiacrius in the Catholic Chapel of St-Fiacre in Le Faouët , a French commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany , was created in the mid-16th century. The leaded glass window was added to the list of architectural monuments in France in 1862 as Monument historique .

The window in the transept was created by Pierre Androuet from Quimperlé . It shows the life of St. Fiacrius , the patron saint of gardeners, coachmen and taxi drivers. His attributes are shovel and spade.

In addition to the Life of St. Fiacrius window, four other windows from the Renaissance period have been preserved in the church (see navigation bar).

  • Fiacrius prays kneeling in front of his parents (King and Queen of Ireland), restored inscription with the year 1552

  • Fiacrius asks Saint Faron, Bishop of Meaux , for a place for his hermitage

  • Two women try to disturb Fiacrius in his hermitage

  • Fiacrius distributes food to the poor

  • Becnaude accuses Fiacrius with the Bishop of Meaux

  • Fiacrius surrounds his garden with the help of an angel

  • Fiacrius heals the blind

  • Fiacrius speaks to Becnaude

  • Tracery with coats of arms and angels making music

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , p. 243.
  • Françoise Gatouillat, Michel Hérold: Les vitraux de Bretagne. (= Corpus Vitrearum ). Volume VII, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2005, ISBN 2-87535-0151-3 , p. 289.

Web links

Commons : Life of Saint Fiacrius (Le Faouët)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Saint Fiacre in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ 51 ″  N , 3 ° 29 ′ 12.8 ″  W.