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Église Saint-ClementLoir-et-Cher (41)

The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, was built in the 11th century. The nave has not undergone any alterations but the chancel and apse are more recent (12th century). The west façade and its door date from the 18th century

The 12th-century chevet
The 12th-century chevet
The west façade and the tower
The west façade and the tower
Nave, chancel and apse
Nave, chancel and apse
The semicircular apse (behind the altar, the statue of a pope)
The semicircular apse (behind the altar, the statue of a pope)
The altar
The altar
15th-century carved tabernacle
15th-century carved tabernacle
15th-century carved piscina
15th-century carved piscina
Engouled tie-beam
Engouled tie-beam
Font with two basins or bowls: the lower basin was drained separately so that the water used for baptism did not return to the font itself
Font with two basins or bowls: the lower basin was drained separately so that the water used for baptism did not return to the font itself
Apparition to Mary Magdalene (17th century)
Apparition to Mary Magdalene (17th century)

Cependant Marie se tenait dehors près du sépulcre, et pleurait. Comme elle pleurait, elle se baissa pour regarder dans le sépulcre; et elle vit deux anges vêtus de blanc, assis à la place où avait été couché le corps de Jésus, l'un à la tête, l'autre aux pieds. Ils lui dirent: Femme, pourquoi pleures-tu? Elle leur répondit: Parce qu'ils ont enlevé mon Seigneur, et je ne sais où ils l'ont mis. En disant cela, elle se retourna, et elle vit Jésus debout; mais elle ne savait pas que c'était Jésus. Jésus lui dit: Femme, pourquoi pleures-tu? Qui cherches-tu? Elle, pensant que c'était le jardinier, lui dit: Seigneur, si c'est toi qui l'as emporté, dis-moi où tu l'as mis, et je le prendrai. Jésus lui dit: Marie! Elle se retourna, et lui dit en hébreu: Rabbouni! c'est-à-dire, Maître! Jésus lui dit: Ne me touche pas; car je ne suis pas encore monté vers mon Père. Mais va trouver mes frères, et dis-leur que je monte vers mon Père et votre Père, vers mon Dieu et votre Dieu.

Marie de Magdala alla annoncer aux disciples qu'elle avait vu le Seigneur, et qu'il lui avait dit ces choses.

But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. John 20 11-18.

Victor Hugo, La Fin de Satan:

.... mort je ressusciterai;

Mais quand j'apparaîtrai blanc près de la fontaine,

Vous me verrez ainsi qu'une forme incertaine;

Madeleine croira que c'est le jardinier;

…from the dead I shall arise

but, by the fountain, in white, alive,

when I appear you'll doubt your eyes.

"It's just the gardener," Madeleine cries.

THE WALL PAINTINGS

16th-century wall painting: the monk on the far left is probably the vestige of an earlier campaign
16th-century wall painting: the monk on the far left is probably the vestige of an earlier campaign
Priest (close-up)
Priest (close-up)
Monk (close-up)
Monk (close-up)
Tonsured monk
Tonsured monk

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Location and nearby churches

  1. Boursay 4.6 km
  2. Sargé-sur-Braye 8.2 km
  3. Souday 8.3 km
  4. Droué 11 km
  5. Ruan-sur-Egvonne 15 km
  6. Mazangé 17 km