Visit of the church of Saint-Martin du Cellier with presentation of the Way of the Cross.

Name: Visit of the church of Saint-Martin du Cellier with presentation of the Way of the Cross.
Start: 2020-09-18T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2020-09-20T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Eglise Saint-Martin

Free visit of the church with reception by volunteers. Presentation of the Way of the Cross and frescoes.

18 - 20 September 2020Passed

Conditions

Free entry

Christophe Delaunay

Building protected under the title of Historical Monuments.
Byzantine Romanesque style by architect René Ménard (first stone in 1895)
Frescoes created in 1925 and 1931 by the brothers Albert and Paul Lemasson
Saint Martin of Tours is known to the whole world by his act of charity sharing his mantle in two to clothe a poor man. Its fresco representation on the vault of the choir is the greatest known.
Early 20th century stained glass windows
Site-stage of the Loire on foot on Via sancti Martini, for the part Nantes-Tours of the European cultural route.
FROM SAINT MARTIN TO SAINT MÉEN
A small hiking trail (8 km 2h15) from the church leads to the chapel dedicated to Saint Méen and back along the Loire. Saint Méen, originally from Wales, came to evangelize Brittany and the people of Cellier at the end of the 7th century.
Pamphlet-guide available at the church.

About the location

Eglise Saint-Martin

7 place Saint-Méen 44850 Le Cellier

Loire-Atlantique
Pays de la Loire

Easter Monday 1898, the new church of Saint-Martin du Cellier is blessed by Bishop Rouart of Nantes. It will be completed in 1920\. Built in a Byzantine Romanesque Revival style, it replaces the smaller church located at the present site of the Monument to the Dead. Between 2003 and 2008, a major exterior and interior restoration project restored the architectural and decorative qualities of the church. The frescoes depicting scenes from the life of Saint Martin de Tours and the Way of the Cross, made between 1925 and 1931 by the Lemasson brothers, are restored to their colours. Today, a living Christian community meets regularly for all the events of Christian life: masses, times of prayer, baptisms, marriages, burials, etc.. It is also a remarkable building by its architecture and decoration. It is protected under the title of Historical Monuments. It is a place of visit where everyone feels welcomed whatever his convictions and motivations to enter a church. A team takes care of thi