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Ancienne église Saint-Lunaire

Saint-Lunaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. AB 248) : classement par arrêté du 18 mars 1913
Protection dates
1913/03/18 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
11e siècle, 15e siècle, 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
place du Pilori
Commune
Saint-Lunaire
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.63379, -2.10822
Mérimée reference
PA00090796

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 4: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La paroisse aurait été évangélisée par Saint-Lunaire en 540. L'ancienne église, datant de l'époque romane, occupe avec son cimetière l'emplacement d'un monastère primitif fondé au 6e siècle. La nef, du 11e siècle, est prolongée par un choeur plus récent ; les collatéraux ont été construits au 17e siècle. L'église renferme le tombeau de Saint-Lunaire qui se compose d'un sarcophage gallo-romain en granit recouvert, au 14e siècle, d'une dalle sculptée d'une statue du saint.

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The parish is said to have been evangelised by Saint Lunaire in 540. The old church, dating from the Romanesque period, occupies with its graveyard the site of a primitive monastery founded in the 6th century. The nave, of the 11th century, is prolonged by a more recent choir; the aisles were constructed in the 17th century. The church contains the tomb of Saint Lunaire which is composed of a Gallo-Roman granite sarcophagus covered, in the 14th century, with a slab carved with a statue of the saint.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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