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The Sainte-Foy abbey church in Conques. The Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy in Conques was a popular stop for pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago on their way to Santiago de Compostela in what is now Spain. The main draw for medieval pilgrims at Conques were the remains of Saint Faith ("Sainte-Foy"), a martyred young woman from the fourth century.
The Sainte-Foy abbey-church in Conques Church doors and tympanum. The Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy in Conques, France, was a popular stop for pilgrims traveling the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela, in what is now Spain. The main draw for medieval pilgrims at Conques were the remains of Sainte-Foy, a young woman martyred during the ...
Parent, Joseph-Marie, ed. (1938), "Les Œuvres de Guillaume de Conches: Les Gloses de Guillaume de Conches sur La Consolation de Boèce & sur Le Timée" [The Works of William of Conches: The Gloses of William of Conches on the Consolation of Boethius & on the Timaeus], La Doctrine de la Création dans l'École de Chartres: Étude et Textes [The ...
Saint Faith or Saint Faith of Conques (Latin: Sancta Fides; French: Sainte Foy; Spanish: Santa Fe) is a saint who is said to have been a girl or young woman of Agen in Aquitaine. Her legend recounts how she was arrested during persecution of Christians by the Roman Empire and refused to make pagan sacrifices.
Pilgrimages in the medieval time period had an unspoken mutual agreement between the pilgrims and the churches or abbeys to which they visited. Pilgrims were expected to make offerings to the respective patron of each church or abbey, and in return, they received the benefits of spiritual guidance and miracles, as well as some type of physical ...
Churches along the route, included the Saint-Foy-de-Conques, were designed to provide space for large numbers of worshippers. The large pilgrimage churches featured a deambulatoire or columned passage around the choir, providing access to a series of small chapels, and even larger pilgrimage church like the basilica of Saint-Sernin has double ...
The list of medieval bridges in France comprises all known bridges that existed between 500 and 1500 AD in the ... Conques: Aude: Pont de Vilar 1083 Corbeil: Seine-et ...
La Chaise-Dieu Abbey Conques Abbey church Corbie Abbey. Caen (Calvados), Diocese of Bayeux: Abbaye aux Dames (Abbaye de la Trinité de Caen), nuns; Abbaye aux Hommes (Abbaye Saint-Étienne de Caen), monks; Cagnotte Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cagnotte), monks, Diocese of Aire, later Diocese of Dax (Cagnotte, Landes) Calvary Abbey, La Fère: see ...