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  6. Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec

 Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec en Côtes-d'Armor

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine religieux
Chapelle gothique
Clocher de style Beaumanoir
Côtes-dArmor

Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec

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    22420 Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Lanvellec
Crédit photo : Crepi22 - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1700
1800
1900
2000
vers 1660
Marian Apparitions
1695-1697
Construction of the chapel
1700
Fountain of devotion
1875
Destruction by lightning
1878
Reconstruction of the bell tower
6 mars 1925
First MH protection
9 avril 2019
Complete classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The bell tower as well as the two pillars of the entrance gate of the enclosure surrounding the chapel (Box E1 80): inscription by decree of 6 March 1925; The chapel Notre-Dame-de-Pitié in its entirety with its placister (soil plate, fence, gate and grill, cross and their bases, stairs) and its fountain, located in the village of Saint-Carré (cad. E 79, 80): inscription by order of 9 April 2019

Key figures

Jean Bizien - Peasant and visionary Witness of apparitions, initiator of the chapel.
Yves Le Brigant - Governor and benefactor Supervised the construction in 1696.
Jan Guyomard - Project Treasurer Partially financed the building in 1696.
Monsieur de Perrien - Local Lord Offer the land for construction.
Marguerite du Cosquer de Rosanbo - Patron Founded an endowment for the chapel.
Chanoine Le Moing - Rector of Lanvellec Directed the reconstruction of 1878.

Origin and history

The Notre-Dame-de-Pitié chapel, located in the village of Saint-Carré 5 km from Lanvellec (Côtes-d'Armor), replaces an old 12th-century Freian chapel destroyed during the League's wars. Its reconstruction was decided after three apparitions of the Virgin to a local peasant, Jean Bizien, around 1660. The present building, built between 1695 and 1697, adopts a Latin cross plan with a single nave, a transept and a long choir of a sacristy. The bell tower and part of the nave, damaged by lightning in 1875, were rebuilt in 1878.

The chapel is dedicated to Notre-Dame-de-Pitié and nicknamed "the new chapel" because of its late construction. Its interior preserves an 18th-century decor, a vaulted arch and entrances painted in 1890. A loggia above the door of the bell tower houses a statue of the Virgin, the object of an annual pardon at Pentecost. The building is surrounded by a closed placister, marked by a portal and two crosses, one of which dates from 1622 and is linked to the burial of Jean Bizien.

Nearby, a fountain of devotion built in 1700 was renowned for healing ricketism, depression and the tongue. Its water, the spring of a tributary of the Roscoat, attracted pilgrims. The chapel, sold as a national property in 1800, was returned to the bishopric in 1804. It was partially classified in 1925 (clocher and pillars of the portal), then fully in 2019, including the square and fountain. Its history combines legend, Marian devotion and Breton architectural heritage.

The inscriptions engraved on the building attest to the stages of its construction: the first stone was blessed in 1695, the nave completed in 1696 under the impulse of Yves Le Brigant (Governor), Jan Guyomard (Treasurer) and Jean Bizien, considered the initiator of the project. The tower, erected in 1697, was rebuilt after 1875 thanks to the care of Canon Le Moing. A Breton gwerz describes John Bizien as a "belief and loving soul," emphasizing his central role in the foundation of the sanctuary.

External links

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