St-Guen (Vannes)
St-Guen is the ruin of a former priory chapel in Vannes in the Morbihan department in Brittany . The ruin has been classified as a Monument historique since 1939 .
history
St-Guen was founded between 1025 and 1040 by Duke Alain III. Donated as a priory of the Benedictine Abbey of St-Gildas and consecrated to Saint Guénaël . The only structural remainder of the priory is part of the south wall of a chapel from the 13th or 14th century, which is now in a park. In the middle of the wall a Gothic portal has been preserved. According to tradition, Petrus Abelardus is said to have lived in this priory after his disputes in the mother abbey. The priory was sold after the French Revolution and demolished except for the remains of the chapel.
In the immediate vicinity of the ruins, a modern Roman Catholic parish church was built in 1966/67 , which is also consecrated to St. Guénaël.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ St-Guen in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Église paroissiale Saint-Guen in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 13.8 " N , 2 ° 45 ′ 21.4" W.