On Rue Saint-Eman, below the cathedral, there is a chapel, which is supposed to have been built on the site of a hermit’s lodging: the hermit Saint Eman. This modest chapel under the patronage of Saint Eman was founded in the 7th or 9th century. A native of Cappadocia, Eman crosses Europe, passes through Milan, Autun, Orléans (where he receives orders), then arrives in Chartres. There he made many conversions which led to his being assassinated near Illiers, thus Saint Eman attained the rank of martyrs. The chapel that bears his name is first the seat of a hermitage, before becoming a priory dependent on the Abbey of Bonneval. It houses, in the seventeenth century, a brotherhood of penitents. The whole is sold during the Revolution. After the separation of the property of the Churches and the State, the department owning the place, rents the chapel to the parish priest of the cathedral. In 1941, the city of Chartres in turn became a tenant, through a 99-year emphyteutic lease with the

Édifice religieux, Musée, salle d'exposition, Monument historique

200 m walk from the cathedral