Chapelle Saint-Melaine de Laval

About

The Saint-Melaine Chapel in Laval was a Romanesque chapel. This chapel was located a short distance from Laval, not far from the pond of Barbé, dedicated to Melaine. The priory was for a long time the parish of the Faubourg du Pont-de-Mayenne de Laval, the Archdiaconé de Sablé, the dean of Sablé beyond the Ouette, the right bank of the Mayenne.

The parish church was transferred to the interior of the suburbs in the 15th century; She then took the name of Saint Venerand, who was given him as his patron. The priory of Saint-Melaine was for a long time primitive cure of this part of the city, beyond the Mayenne, in front of the castle of Saint-Melaine.