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Sainte Anne d'Auray

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Near our hirings of holidays discover  the basilica of Sainte Anne d' Auray in Brittany, Morbihan.

Means  of access

  • Road:
    A11 Océane (Paris-Rennes), N 24  (Rennes-Ploermel-Vannes) and N165 left Auray
  • Train:
    Direct connections by TGV all the year SNCF railway station Auray. Paris-Auray: 3h20
  • Plane:
    Airport of Lorient-Lann Bihoué to 45 mn
    02 97 87 21  50

Sainte Anne d' Auray en Bretagne sud

la basilique de Sainte Anne d' Auray en Bretagne

A  little history

  • Holy Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary, is venerated in this place since the 5th century .  The pilgrimage started  at the XVII century, following the appearances of holy Anne with Yves Nicolazic, piles ploughman. March 7, 1625, it discovers in the field of Bocenno  an antique rules of the Holy one. The Bishop of Vannes, after investigation, recognizes the authenticity of these appearances. He authorizes the construction  of a vault in the honor of holy Anne. This vault was replaced by the current  basilica (1865-1872).
  • Sainte Anne  is mother of any hope , consolatrice of any  affliction. Here, around the family, of the reading of the Bible, on the topic  of the light, the rebuilding of the Church...
  • The visitors can reflect, distract themselves, rest and to find calms interior.
  • September 20,  1996, in front of 150 000 pilgrims, the Pope Jean-Paul II invites  us to be the builders of the church in the new generations.

Strong times

  • Saint-Anne d' Auray accomodates the pilgrims all the year. With March to October, the period of the pilgrimages is constellated with forgiveness of all the  dioceses and parishes of Brittany and besides, and various religious movements.
  • The  principal religious festivals of the Church are celebrated, in particular those related to Sainte Anne and the Virgin Mary:
    - July 26: Great forgiveness of Holy Anne
    - August 15: assumption of the Virgin Mary
    - 1st  Sunday of September: Nativity of the Virgin Mary.
    - 1st Sunday of October: enclose pilgrimages.

Tourist  environment

  • The basilica (1865-1872), combines the dash of the gothic script to the grace of the  Renaissance style. At the top of the tower (75 m), draws up a bronze statue  representing Sainte Anne, a torch with the hand.
  • Other visits:  the Cloister of the XVIIème century, the Fountain, Scala Santa, the Memorial of  the victims of the war 1914-18, the Treasury and the popular religious Art  gallery, the museum of the Breton costume, the house of Yves Nicolazic,  wax  historial museum. Space Jean-Paul II inaugurated on September 20, 1997.
  • At the neighbourhoods Auray and Vannes, towns of Art and History, preserve a very beautiful architectural heritage. The Gulf of Morbihan and its islands, the  rivers of Auray, of the Trinity-on-Sea, offer unceasingly renewed landscapes. Morbihan conceals vaults broods in the countryside, of jubés preserved,  martyrdoms and fountains to be discovered with the turnings of the ways.

Your pilgrimage

  • Proposal for one day
    9h00 audio-visual visits places
    11h00 Mass of the  pilgrims
    15h00 Time of prayer to the Basilica.
  • Free guided  tour of the other places on request. Diaporama, exposures, Possibility of meeting a priest.
    Contact: Direction of the Pilgrimage
    Tel.. 02 97 57 68  80
    Faxes 02 97 57 63 35

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