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| Limousin was a former region of France
made up of just three départments, as indicated. It is now part of the
new larger region of Nouvelle Aquitaine. It was mainly made up of two
historic provinces, Limousin and Marche; with small parts of
Poitou, Auverne and Berry. |
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Aubazine Beaumont
Coffy-sur-Sarsonne
Lubersac
Saint-Merd-les-Oussines
Saint-Sulpice-les-Bois Soudeilles Tulle |
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Lubersac - Église St-Étiene |
The church is open and there is a free, non
restricted parking at the rear. A very attractive Romanesque
church but the interior darkness prevented any
satisfactory photographs.
45º26'40.7"N
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Bernard de Lubersac (c. end of
14th century)
Captured at the Battle of Poitiers (1356)
The effigy was carved in the 16th century and there had been no
attempt to reproduce the armour of the mid 14th century. The
effigy is integral with the slab which is supported on
architectural fragments |
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Aix-sur-Vienne - Chapelle
Note-Dame d'Arliquet |
The town centre is south west of Limoges on the
south bank of the River Vienne. The town extends to the
north bank, accessible from the centre of town by a bridge.
Arliquet appears to be a district of Aix-sur-Vienne on this side
of the river.
The chapel is a brick building constructed in the Gothick style
and opened in 1868. It is open 8.00am - Noon and 2.00 - 7.00pm
(or dusk). It appears to be only used for weddings now.
45º47'56.6"N 1º9'16"E |
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Honoratus, Martyr' |
'St Cornelia, Virgin and
Martyr' |
These monuments are described as gisant
reliquaries. They were constructed in the latter part of the
nineteenth century. They are said to contain the relics of
several martyrs which were brought from the catacombs in Rome in 1870. However,
only two of these monuments have the inscriptions which actually state
'Here lies the body of...' while the other two simply have the
name; I do not know if there is any significance in this or not.
The effigies are behind glass and are constructed from plaster,
wax and textiles. The hair looks to be made of nylon
although because of the glass screen I could not examine this
closely; nylon was not used commercially until the late 1930's
so this may well be a later replacement or another material
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Sainte-Anne-Saint-Priest |
| Sainte-Anne-Saint-Priest is a commune
named after two separate villages, Ste-Anne and St Priest. The
church is at the former but there appears to be no church in the
latter. The List also refers to the Prieuré
Sainte-Radegonde de Villevaleix as being in this commune:
this is actually - and confusingly - in a third village, Villevaleix.
We will visit here next time. |
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St Anne
- Church of St Anne |
Parking outside the church. The church is
open but the monument is outside set into the west wall anyway,
as may be seen in the photograph left.
Ref: 45° 42.58' N, 1° 40.92'W. |
Granit effigy of a supposed Knight
Hospitaler, there being a commandery in the area. The effigy is
dressed as a priest and hold a book. Note the scene, which
appears to be of the
preparation of a body for burial, on the tomb chest
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Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat - St Leonard |
This is the parish church of the town, formerly a
collegiate church.
There is a large free car park in the town a very short walk
away. The church is open. |
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Tomb of St Léonard of Noblat
(11th Century) |
According to legend St Léonard of Noblat (or Noblac or Limoges)
was an 11th century Frankish nobleman at the court of Clovis I,
founder of the Merovingian Dynasty. He was converted to
Christianity by St Remigius, Bishop of Rheims and asked to King
for the personal right to liberated prisoners; Clovis granted
him that right. He declined the offer of a bishopric (usually
given to such noblemen) and instead became a monk at an abbey
near Orléans. He later became a hermit in the forest of
Limousin. He became the patron saint of prisoners and prisoners
who invoked him discovered that their chain broke and many then
joined him, bringing their broken chains with them. The later
cleared a section of the forest to begin an honest life.
Above is a probably 19th century iron shackle which hangs over
the tomb. This can just be seen in the main photograph on the
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Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat - Chapelle du Prieuré de l'Artige |
The list says that this priory is in St Leonard de Noblat and contains
the effigy of Bernard de Savène, Bishop
of Limoges (1219-1226); it is of limestone and from the second
quarter of the 13th century.
The priory is actually a short (and somewhat difficult) drive out of the
town and appears to be only accessible by foot; by the time we
found the not very obvious signs and arrived it was becoming too
late to attempt a trek of a couple of miles. Next time
hopefully.
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