The Church Saint Guigner of Pluvigner, part I !!!

Posted in Bretagne, France

So today Friday was one of those days that took me into city center/downtown of Pluvigner which is about 400 meters from my house. It was rainy so I took the car to do some errands and as this is the Palm weekend took time to revisit our church ! Therefore, let me tell you about the Church Saint Guigner of Pluvigner, part I !!!  Hope you enjoy the post as I.

I stop by the post office and decided to go on towards the Church Saint Guigner,   This is Friday of Sorrows fyi.  We have been inside several times and past by it zillions times,and, so I stop by again to tell you more about the St Guigner Church in my town of Pluvigner. First, my town of Pluvigner (French) or Pleuwigner (Breton).  The name comes from the Breton Ploe meaning Parish and Guigner, the Saint; therefore, the Parish of St Guigner or Pleuwigner or Pluvigner! Get it !

Plu ch St Guigner belltower entr apr22

I have plenty written on the church in my blog, these are new pictures of today and did a bit more on the text, new. Enjoy it as I!!

The Church Saint Guigner is vast, dating from 1545, bell tower retouched in 1781, and restored in 1883 , The painting entitled “Assumption”, dates from 1770. The painting “Donation du Rosaire”, dates from the very beginning of the 20C. It was the heart of an old religious complex made up of the chapel of Notre-Dame des Oties (nettles), and the chapel of Saint-Adrien, a hospital and a cemetery. These monuments or their vestiges remain today. The stained glass windows relate the events of the life of famous people in the parish, such as Saint Guigner, Saint Guénaël or even the penitent Kériolet. You will also find the statues of Saint Guigner, Saint Michel, Saint Vincent Ferrier and that of Notre-Dame de Bon Secours.

plu ch st guigner altar apr22

plu ch st guigner left chapel apr22

plu ch st guigner right chapel apr22

  The organ is a masterpiece 9 meters high and 15 meters wide made up of no less than 3,000 pipes, All renovated in 2019, after much effort and many years.It looks marvelous!!!

plu ch st guigner organ far apr22

Pluvigner had its patron saint as Saint Guigner, under whose name was placed its parish church. Hibernois of origin and son of a small king still peasant, this saint had embraced the Christian religion. To escape the persecution of his own father, he came with several new converts to spend a few years in  the Armorican Cornwall (Cornouaille). Back in his homeland, he renounced the throne left vacant by the death of his father ,and went to what is today call England, to work there for the conversion of the Saxons who had invaded his country: Barely landed, circa 455 , he was put to death, with all his companions. Fleeing the Saxons, a band of Christians who lived in the neighborhood where these martyrs had plucked their palms; and taking with it the body of Saint Guigner, crossed the sea, and came to settle, in the territory of the ancient Vénètes (Celtic tribe who gave the name to our capital city Vannes) in an almost deserted canton.

 The city of Pluvigner on the church:https://www.pluvigner.fr/eglise-paroissiale-saint-guigner/

 The Bay of Quiberon tourist office on Pluvigner: https://www.baiedequiberon.bzh/pluvigner

There you go folks ,my main church in town. It has been renovated several times over the years and the town folks have given money to do so.  Just enjoy it as we have come to do in our newer little corner of our world. Again, hope you enjoy the Church Saint Guigner of Pluvigner, part I !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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