Larchant, Saint-Mathurin
Documents for Larchant, Saint-Mathurin
1176Translation of relics. ...ensemble un precis verbal de la translation faite en l'année mil cent soixante et seize, du corps dudit St Mathurin au lieu ou il est maintenant [derriere le grand autel] par un de nos predecesseurs. ...together with a verbal account of the translation made in 1176 of the body of said Saint Mathurin to the place where it is now [behind the high altar] by one of his predecessors. Source: Archives Nationales, Paris, S305 B, Liasse 3. Verbal testimony by Octave de Bellegards, archbishop of Sens, in 1634, on a visit to Larchant, affirming one of his predecessors had opened a chasse and find a note inside that the relics had been translated in 1176 "to the place where it is now". |