Crannes-en-Champagne

The present sacristy is all that is left of the primitive Romanesque chapel; the chancel is Gothic and the whole edifice underwent significant alterations in the 16th and 18th centuries. At the inetersection of the transept and south wall of the nave, a typical "balet" ( a pillared canopy) supported by wooden posts

Paintings, gilded frames and marble columns: during the Counter-Reformation and particularly after the Council of Trent (1545-1563), the Jesuits used the visual arts to revitalize faith and distinguish the Catholic Church from the various Protestant denominations

WALL PAINTING

This wall painting is on the east wall of an oratory or chapel, which is now used as a sacristy (the sacristy is not open to the public).

St. Michael Trampling on the Defeated Lucifer. Of St. Michael only the spear and the foot and leg pinning the gragon to the ground are still legible. The creature has the body of a man but its hands and feet are armed with claws. It is half demon and half human

CHAPELLE NOTRE-DAME DE PITIE

The chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows was built in the 16th century on the way from Mont Saint-Michel to St. James of Compostella. It consists of an aisleless nave prolonged by a rectangular chevet. Two lateral chapels, somewhat more recent, are dedicated to the Visitation (north) and to St. Radégonde south). The chancel is adorned with a natural wood 17th-century retable framed by two wooden columns. Above, the central niche houses a pietà

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ET 100'' AU MAISTRE D'ECOLE ******AND 100'' TO THE SCHOOLMASTER

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