Opening of the cemetery chapel

Name: Apertura de la capilla del cementerio
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Vieux cimetière de Saint-Junien

The Sainte-Madeleine chapel is exceptionally open for Heritage Days. His visit allows to know his history and to discover the tribune and the altarpiece of the blue penitents.

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

©F. Bernard

A group of Blue Penitents from Saint-Junien will conduct a historic procession in the old cemetery to show those present how, in the 17th century, the group of blue penitents of the Order of Saint-Jérôme de Saint-Junien carried out their processions. In addition, the Association Société des Vieilles Pierres will explain to the population all the historical facts of this group of Penitents.

About the location

Vieux cimetière de Saint-Junien

Boulevard Louis-Blanc, 87200 Saint-Junien

Haute-Vienne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The chapel Sainte-Madeleine, located in the heart of the old cemetery of Saint-Junien, is mentioned since the thirteenth century. In the 17th century, the blue penitents settled there, enlarged it and endowed it with a splendid baroque altarpiece. The visit allows to discover its sober architecture and witnesses of the presence of the blue penitents.