The Church Saint Patern of Vannes, part V !!!

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I spent as much or maybe more time in Vannes ,than in my domicile town. I used to worked and went and go in for quick trips, shopping, eat out, the family comes here on every break and weekends.  Vannes or  Gwened  (Breton) is in my beautiful   Morbihan   (Breton for Petite Mer or small sea) dept 56 of my lovely Bretagne or Breizh (Breton) and in my belle  France  or Bro-C’hall (Breton). I am happy to have found more pictures in my cd rom vault not yet on the blog and they should be for you and me, Le me tell you again on the Church Saint Patern of Vannes, part V !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The Saint Patern’s Church is located at rue de la Fontaine corner with rue Saint-Patern. The church was built on the existing foundations of a much older church, which held the relics of Saint Patern (the first bishop of Vannes). The original church had been built in the 11C and had replaced the another church which had suffered damage at the hands of Norman invaders at the turn of the 9-10C. Given the presence in the church of some bone fragments of Saint Patern, a visit to the church was one of the seven stages of Tro-Breiz a pilgrimage so popular in the Middle Ages, the task for the pilgrim was to visit the tombs of the seven founding saints of Brittany, the ancient bishops Brieuc, Malo, Samson, Corentin, Pol, Tugwal and Patern in Vannes.

The altarpiece of the Saint-Patern ,It was in 1964 that Pope Paul VI declared Saint Patern patron of the diocese of Vannes. Since then, the liturgical feast of Saint Patern is fixed each year on April 15. The Altarpieces of the Sainte Parenté or Holy Family 

The pulpit is from 1813 with last renovation in 1992, The organ of the church was ordered in 1896, built and delivered in 1897, The last renovations date back to 1937 and in 1977, and it became urgent to carry out a new restoration campaign. The work will take place from 2023 to early 2025, and will be financed by the city of Vannes and by donations.

The City of Vannes on the Church Saint Patern : https://www.mairie-vannes.fr/eglise-saint-patern

The official Church Saint Patern: https://www.saint-patern.bzh/l-%C3%A9glise-saint-patern

There you go folks, I am always glad to tell more of this wonderful church in a quant neighborhood of Vannes ,which can be revisit many times , Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Church Saint Patern of Vannes, part V 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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