The Chapelle Saint Yves of Quintin !!

Posted in Bretagne, France

I was back in my road warrior mode going up to the northern parts of my lovely Bretagne to see new towns! The search is never ending with the abundance of beauties around here. I came upon this town and it was nice again! Therefore, let me tell you about the Chapelle Saint Yves of Quintin !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The town of Quintin is located in the Côtes-d’Armor department 22, in my lovely Bretagne region, only 16 km from Saint-Brieuc, and less than an hour from my house. Strategically, the town is at the crossroads of the routes which go from Saint Brieuc  to Quimper  via  Rostrenen  on the one hand and from  Guingamp / Châtelaudren  to Lorient via  Loudéac  on the other hand. I went there on my way back on the D7 then D700 and finally the D768 roads, easy rides !

The Chapelle Saint -Yves or chapel was built on March 11, 1696, renovated in 1701 . According to tradition, it is on the very place where Saint-Yves would have sat down to resume breath after the hard climb in the 13C of the coast leading from Quintin to Cohiniac that the chapel is erected. It was once the starting point of a torchlight procession on Good Friday in memory of Saint Vincent Ferrier in 1418.

Quintin Chapelle Saint Yves front jan24

This Saint Yves Chapel preserves a very beautiful oak pulpit which must date from the beginning of the 18C, and a large and heavy oak crucifix. The Saint-Yves altar, in polychrome wood, dates from the 17C. Outside, ancient statue of the Blessed Virgin, and inside 3 statues of Saint Yves, including one above the gallery with the statue of the rich man (18C). At the main altar, two statues of evangelists including Saint Mark (18C). woodwork of the choir from the same period. Among the modern statues, large wooden crucifix (1905). The modern stained glass window, representing the Annunciation, reminds us that it was in this chapel that, from 1693 until the war of 1914, the Brotherhood of the Annunciation was held, to which the Brotherhood of the Cross was united in 1903. Their name was, from then on, that of the “Congregation of Saint-Yves”, but they continued to be called familiarly Frairie des Glorieux or Spawning of the Glorious. The Saint-Yves Chapel was used during the French revolution for elections, or as a school. It preserves the funerary slab, which was transported there, of the conventional Fleury, fiery leader of the Friends of the Constitution, violent opponent of Royalty and Bonaparte.

The town of Quintin: https://www.quintin.fr/

The St Brieuc Bay tourist office on Quintin : https://www.baiedesaintbrieuc.com/en/quintin/

The Côtes d’Armor dept 22 tourist office on Quintin : https://www.cotesdarmor.com/a-voir-a-faire/patrimoine/villes-et-villages-classes/quintin/

There you go folks, a wonderful town in my lovely Bretagne, this is Quintin, Full of beautiful architecture and history all around you, my kind of town indeed, We will be back just under an hour from home awesome, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Chapelle Saint Yves of Quintin 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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