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Les Hayes

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Les Hayes

EGLISE SAINT LEONARD

St. Leonard de Vandoeuvre, a monk and abbot in the diocese of Le Mans in the late 6th century. He is celebrated on October 15th

The nave of the church dedicated to St. Leonard dates back to the 12th century and was enlarged in the 18th. The semicircular apse is covered with a Gothic Angevin vault. The seigneurial chapel was added in the 16th century. The keys of its ribbed vaults are painted with coats of arms. The tower and spire were erected in the 18th century

Tower, Romanesque south wall and Gothic chapel

The semicircular apse

South wall (close-up). On the left of the door the 16th-century cross comes from the old churchyard

Semicircular apse and its Angevin vault; behind the altar, St. leonard, patron saint of the church

Right: 17th-century terracotta statue of St. Leonard

18th-century wooden altar

16th-century graveyard stoup of white marble bearing two inscriptions, one in Latin "RESQUIESCANT IN PACE", the other in French "MON COEUR A DIEU" (My heart to God)

cherubs and coat of arms (probably part of a monument)

Seigneurial chapel: cul-de-lampe

WALL PAINTINGS

South wall of the nave:

Bishop holding a ciborium (12th C.)

Seigneurial chapel:

Les Hayes

Les Hayes

Two keys painted with coats of arms

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