Minihy-Tréguier, l'église de saint Yves et le tombeau à l'arcade

Minihy-Tréguier

Yves Hélory was born around 1253, on 17 October according to tradition, at the manor of Kermartin, in this parish of the minihy, the territory of immunity of the bishop of Tréguier. A student in Paris and Orléans, official, that is to say ecclesiastical judge, at Rennes and then at Tréguier, rector of Trédrez and then of Louannec, he has remained in Breton memory as the judge and advocate of the poor; between 1280 and 1290 he founded on his lands a chapel dedicated to Our Lady and Saint Tugdual, and died at Kermartin on 19 May 1303. The canonisation inquiry was held at Tréguier in 1330 and Clement VI canonised him on 19 May 1347: he is the only Breton saint recognised by Rome before the 20th century. His chapel then took his name; in 1418 the vault was completed and the small tower received a spire, the building was enlarged in the 15th century into a single nave of five bays, and the west front was rebuilt in 1819. In the churchyard, facing the bell tower, a granite altar pierced by a round-headed arch passes for the saint's tomb: pilgrims pass beneath it on their knees, on the day of the pardon on 19 May and throughout the rest of the year; the chapel that housed it was demolished in 1823. The body of Yves rests in Tréguier cathedral, but it is here, on his lands, that the gesture is kept.

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Getting there : Village of Minihy-Tréguier, five minutes from Tréguier by car or twenty minutes on foot; parking near the church. The church is open during the day (to be checked); the cenotaph is in the churchyard, freely accessible. The great pardon of Saint Yves takes place on 19 May or the nearest Sunday, with a procession between Tréguier cathedral and Minihy (to be checked). Allow half an hour, and a visit combined with Tréguier cathedral, where the saint rests.

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

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