Chapelle Notre-Dame de l'Isle

Goudelin

According to local tradition, a first sanctuary was raised on this site as early as the 12th century by the powerful lords of Coëtmen — an ancient origin that the sources do not allow us to confirm with certainty, but which places Notre-Dame de l'Isle within the long religious memory of the Goëlo. The building one visits today dates from the second half of the 15th century: it was rebuilt by Marie de Goudelin in memory of her late husband. Its 19th-century stained glass, signed F. Hucher of the workshop of the Carmel of Le Mans, brings together Saint Anne, patron saint of the Bretons — echoing the great shrine of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray — and Saint Eloi, protector of horses and patron of metalworkers, whose cult finds a concrete extension here: the pardon of Notre-Dame de l'Isle, the Breton pilgrimage festival whose reputation reaches well beyond Goudelin, traditionally combines a ritual bathing with a blessing of horses, "the pride of the people of Goudelin" in the words of the parish itself. The chapel also honours the memory of the apparitions of Our Lady of Pontmain (17 January 1871) and preserves a fragment of a relic from a former statue of Saint Anne destroyed at the Revolution. With its bell tower and porch listed as historic monuments as early as 1913, Notre-Dame de l'Isle remains today one of the most vibrant and most endearing pardons in the Côtes-d'Armor.

Getting there : Free access to the placître (chapel green); chapel open for the pardon.

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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