Notre-Dame de Kerbader ( French: Chapelle Notre-Dame de Kerbader; Breton: Chapel Itron-Varia Kerbader) is a chapel in the commune of Fouesnant, Brittany in northwest France. [1] The chapel is also known as "Our Lady of the Snows" (from the Breton Itron Varia an erc'h) or "Our Lady of Mercy" (Itron Varia an nec'h). [2] It was built on the site of an earlier church, between the 17th and 18th centuries, to a cruciform floorplan. [1]
In 1792, during the Fouesnant uprising against the revolutionary government of the Legislative Assembly, a group of armed farmers gathered at the church. [3] [4] The group were defeated by the National Guard and its leader captured, tried and guillotined at Quimper in 1793. [3]
The building was renovated in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, with new stained glass windows unveiled in 2009. [3] Next to the church stands a cross, Croix de Kernoac'h, which was renovated in 2004. [5] Also nearby is a holy well, La fontaine de Kerbader, [6] at which an annual pardon ceremony traditionally takes place during August. [7] [8]
Notre-Dame de Kerbader ( French: Chapelle Notre-Dame de Kerbader; Breton: Chapel Itron-Varia Kerbader) is a chapel in the commune of Fouesnant, Brittany in northwest France. [1] The chapel is also known as "Our Lady of the Snows" (from the Breton Itron Varia an erc'h) or "Our Lady of Mercy" (Itron Varia an nec'h). [2] It was built on the site of an earlier church, between the 17th and 18th centuries, to a cruciform floorplan. [1]
In 1792, during the Fouesnant uprising against the revolutionary government of the Legislative Assembly, a group of armed farmers gathered at the church. [3] [4] The group were defeated by the National Guard and its leader captured, tried and guillotined at Quimper in 1793. [3]
The building was renovated in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, with new stained glass windows unveiled in 2009. [3] Next to the church stands a cross, Croix de Kernoac'h, which was renovated in 2004. [5] Also nearby is a holy well, La fontaine de Kerbader, [6] at which an annual pardon ceremony traditionally takes place during August. [7] [8]