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ChurchPuy-de-Dôme Relic
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Marsat
Marsat
Dimensions
north nave of the 10th century, south nave of the 12th century — approximate position
Period
Priory founded in the 7th century by Saint Priest, under the Benedictine Rule from 828, attached to Cluny in 1095
What stands there
up to 60 nuns of high rank lived here in the Middle Ages
A former Cluniac priory housing a Black Madonna, a Virgin and Child in Majesty that local tradition — to be treated with caution, since no medieval source supports it — traces back to the time of Gregory of Tours, in the 6th century. The priory also kept two prestigious relics, a girdle attributed to the Virgin and a thorn from Christ's crown, and housed up to sixty nuns of high social rank before the Revolution.
Getting there : Free admission
Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.
Ambient sound
Nearby
- Abbaye de Mozac, tête de pont clunisienne en AuvergneMonastery / hospice · Mozac · 1.8 km
- Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Port de Clermont-FerrandChurch · Clermont-Ferrand · 11 km
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de ClermontCathedral · Clermont-Ferrand · 11 km
- Puy de DômeSacred mountain · Orcines · 15 km
- Plateau de GergovieSacred hill · La Roche-Blanche · 18 km
- Église Saint-Léger d'ÉbreuilChurch · Ébreuil · 27 km
This place in the great stories
- The Black Madonnas: Romanesque majesties, revolutionary pyres and the mystery of the colourVirgins in Majesty of the 10th-12th centuries; blackening attested from the late Middle…
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All places — Puy-de-Dôme (14).