The Church of Saint Gobrien of Rohan !!

Posted in Bretagne, France

This is part of my new road warrior trips in my lovely Bretagne , where else !!!.. I have been here before ,see posts, This time saw a bit more on the marvels of Rohan, in my beautiful Morbihan and my lovely Bretagne in my belle France, Therefore let me tell you more of the Church of Saint Gobrien of Rohan !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

Rohan ch Saint Gobrien front side sep23

The town of Rohan is located 98 km from Rennes, 72 km from Lorient, 53 km from Vannes and, 51 km from my house, It is on the old lordship of the Rohan dukes of Brittany. I have written on this church before in my blog, this is another visit worth the detour for the architecture and history in it.

The Saint-Gobrien Church, dedicated to Saint-Gobrien, dates from the end of the 19C. It is a modern church, in the Gothic style, built in 1897 to replace the old chapel of Saint-Gobrien which became the parish church in 1653, restored and enlarged many times and finally demolished. The present church was blessed and opened for worship on April 29, 1897.

Rohan ch Saint Gobrien nave to altar sep23

Rohan ch Saint Gobrien altar sep23

The stained glass window of the Choir on the left side dates from 1912 ,it shows the local praying to the Virgin and the Child see in the back the Chapel Saint Martin de Rohan.  Saint Gobrien was a Breton Saint born in the 7C near Vannes, After miraculous actions he was named Bishop of Vannes At the end of his life he retired to Saint Servant sur Oust about 30 km from Rohan, where he is buried in the church,

Rohan ch Saint Gobrien chapel Virgin et altar sep23

Rohan ch Saint Gobrien back nave sep23

The Saint Gobrien Church portico is topped with a sculpted tympanum. The choir is lit by two windows, one of which represents Saint Gobrien. The stained glass windows of the transept and the nave are from 1914. The carved wooden high altar in the ogival style is a gift from the monks of Timadeuc.

Rohan ch Saint Gobrien chapel virgin sep23

Rohan ch Saint Gobrien chapel saint et child sep23

The town of Rohan and its heritage : https://www.rohan.fr/d%C3%A9couvrir-rohan/histoire-et-patrimoine/patrimoine/

There you go folks, more wonderful memories into my blog to relish for life and hopefully my sons will continue. This is a memorable town, and glad to have it in my blog, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Church of Saint Gobrien of Rohan 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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