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Guimiliau
Finistère
Bretagne

Rue du Calvaire
(église Saint-Miliau)

Saints à la porche méridionale de l'église Saint-Miliau

Saints at the South Portal of Saint Miliau's Church

1606-17

Guimiliau / Saints à la porche méridionale de l'église Saint-Miliau

Description

Five granite statues around the south portal, from left to right:

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St. Yves?
s. milio - Saint Miliau, with sword and sceptre
a pope
Saint Sebastian

Guimiliau - Saints à l'extérieur de l'église Saint-Miliau

1. ?

2. St. Yves?

3. Saint Miliau

4. ?

4. Saint Sebastian

The inner side of the portal is adorned with twelve statues of the apostles.

St. Peter with his key; Saint James the Greater (hat and shell); St. John (with notebook, without a beard), Saint Andrew (with X-cross), Saint Matthew (with a book), Saint James the Minor (with a stick curved at the base)

Guimiliau - Saints à la porche méridionale de l'église Saint-Miliau
Saint Philip (with a Latin cross in his hands), Saint Bartholomew (with knife); St. Matthias (with ax), Saint Simon (with a saw), St. Jude (with palm) and St. Thomas (with a square).

Sources & Information

Yannick Pelletier, Les enclos bretons (éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot, 2003).
InfoBretagne, Enclos paroissial de Guimiliau.

Locatie (N 48°29'18" - W 3°59'51") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbr120; Photograph: 31 May 2012
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