Chapelle Saint-Job

Champeaux

Halfway between the village of Champeaux and the château d'Espinay, on the left of the road coming from the village, the small chapelle Saint-Job looks across a valley towards the hillside where its twin, Saint-Abraham, once stood — now in ruins according to the commune, vanished according to InfoBretagne. Abbé Guillotin de Corson described them as «picturesquely seated atop two rocks that face one another». The two chapels were built in 1512, according to the commune and Wikipedia, by Guy II d'Espinay, lord of the place, who died around 1522; he endowed there, reports the chronicler Du Paz, a weekly mass and three solemn processions a year by the chapter of the collegiate church of Champeaux. In 1532, the canons had François I confirm their right to collect the offerings left in the two sanctuaries. Saint-Job also once bore the name Saint-Jacob. History does not say why the lord dedicated these oratories to the two patriarchs; popular tradition has supplied an answer: pursued by his enemies, he is said to have made his horse clear the whole valley in a single leap, and to have raised a chapel on each bank in thanks. Local devotion attributed a particular virtue to each: Saint-Job guaranteed good harvests, Saint-Abraham made children walk.

Commune de Champeaux — Chapelles Saint-Job et Saint-Abraham ↗

Getting there : On the road linking the village of Champeaux to the château d'Espinay, roughly halfway along and on the left coming from the village, according to the commune. The surroundings are freely accessible (to be checked); the opening times of the chapel are not documented (to be checked).

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

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