Discover the so-called oldest church of Lot-et-Garonne

Name: Découvrez la prétendue plus ancienne église du Lot-et-Garonne
Start: 2022-09-17T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Eglise Sainte-Raffine de Gaujac

Discover the restoration of the church, carried out during the first phase of work. The circuit of the Sainte-Raffine walks will be open and presentation leaflets made available...

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

©Cathy Caillou

Discover the restoration of the church, carried out during the first phase of work. The circuit of the Sainte-Raffine walks will be open and presentation leaflets made available...

A subscription with the Heritage Foundation is underway to help support the restoration work of the church...

À propos du lieu

Eglise Sainte-Raffine de Gaujac

75 chemin du Peyrot de l'Homme, 47360 Frégimont

Lot-et-Garonne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The principal patron saint of the church is Our Lady of September, that is, the Nativity of the Virgin. The secondary patron saint is Saint Raffine (or Rafine). According to Canon Durengues, Saint Raffine had her feast day on July 17\. No text can tell who Saint Rafine was. It may be that Saint Rafine is a deformation of Saint Rufine who suffered martyrdom under Diocletian in Seville, with her sister, Saint Justus.
Near the church of Sainte-Raffine de Gaujac existed the Sainte-Raffine spring which was the object of a very old pilgrimage. According to Georges Tholin, the Sainte-Raffine church is the oldest church in Lot-et-Garonne, from the 11th century, and perhaps from the 10th century, because in this church «everything is rudimentary in style, everything accuses the childhood of Romanesque art». His interest would come from his preaching pulpit which would have been built at the same time as the church. For Pierre Dubourg-Noves, the rudimentary style would come from what it is simpl