St-Lunaire (Saint-Lunaire)

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Saint-Lunaire old parish church
West facade
South portal and bell tower
Inscription above the south portal

The old Catholic parish church of Saint-Lunaire in Saint-Lunaire , a parish in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the French region of Brittany , is a Romanesque church from the 11th century, the side aisles in the 17th / 18th century. Century. The church is dedicated to St. Leonorius von Pontual (also Lunarius, Léonore, Lunaire), who founded a monastery there in the 6th century. In addition to the sarcophagus of the patron saint, tombs and tombstones with reclining figures from the 13th to 15th centuries are preserved in the church. In 1913, the church was added to the list of architectural monuments in France as a monument historique .

history

In the 6th century, according to legend , Saint Leonorius, born in Wales , who was brought up there in a monastery and ordained a bishop, settled in the deserted and wooded area near the mouth of the Ranca . There he and his companions founded a monastery around which the place originally called Pontual developed. After his death, Leonorius was buried in the church in a Gallo-Roman sarcophagus.

The current church was built in the 11th century on the site of the monastery founded by Leonorius. The north transept was added at the end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th century and the south transept in the 15th century. The south aisle was completed in 1686, which is reminiscent of the inscription "MR LEMAISTRE RECTEUR 1686" above the south portal. At the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century the choir and the north aisle were rebuilt. After the new parish church was consecrated in 1884, the old church was given up. In 1954 it was repaired and rededicated.

architecture

Exterior construction

The church is made of granite . A pointed arched portal is cut into the unadorned, non-symmetrical west facade. The slate-roofed bell tower sits on the gable roof of the nave and is supported by a wooden beam frame inside the church.

inner space

The three-bay nave slopes down slightly towards the polygonal choir . Round arched arcades , which rest on square pillars, open to the two side aisles . Instead of capitals, the pillars have beveled transom plates . Pointed arcades open the crossing to the two transept arms, the facades of which are pierced by arched windows. The entire interior is covered by wooden ceilings.

  • Look at the choir

  • Longhouse and north aisle

  • Nave and south aisle

Tombs

Sarcophagus of St. Leonorius
Saint Leonorius
  • Sarcophagus of St. Leonorius

The grave of St. Leonorius consists of a Gallo-Roman sarcophagus and a cover plate from the 14th century with the reclining figure of the saint. Leonorius holds the crosier in his hands, which ends in the mouth of a dragon. The sarcophagus rests on pedestals that are carved with angel busts.

  • Crosier and dragon

  • Pedestal with angel

  • Truncated pillars with heads

  • Tomb of a lady of the Pontual family from the 13th century
  • Grave slab with the reclining figure of Alain de Pontual from the 14th century
  • Tomb of a knight of the Pontbriand family from the 15th century
  • Tomb of a lady of the Pontbriand family from the 15th century

  • Wall niche grave with the reclining figure of a lady of the Pontual family, 13th century

  • Reclining figure by Alain de Pontual, 14th century

  • Wall niche grave with the reclining figure of a knight of the Pontbriand family, 15th century

  • Wall niche grave with the reclining figure of a lady of the Pontbriand family, 15th century

literature

  • Brittany . Hachette, Guides Bleus, Paris 1991, ISBN 2-01-015841-5 , p. 319.
  • Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine . Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 512-513.
  • Louise-Marie Tillet: Itineraries through Brittany. Calvaires and Romanesque churches . Echter Verlag , Würzburg 1989, ISBN 3-429-01186-8 , p. 50.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Lunaire (Saint-Lunaire)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leonorius . Complete Lexicon of Saints, Volume 3, Augsburg 1869, pp. 780–781.
  2. ^ Église Saint-Lunaire Base Mérimée
  3. ↑ Tomb of St. Leonorius Base Palissy
  4. ↑ Tomb of a lady of the Pontual Base Palissy family
  5. ↑ Reclining figure by Alain de Pontual Base Palissy
  6. ↑ Tomb of a knight of the Pontbriand Base Palissy family
  7. ↑ Tomb of a lady of the Pontbriand Base Palissy family

Coordinates: 48 ° 38 ′ 1.6 ″  N , 2 ° 6 ′ 29.7 ″  W.