Chapelle Notre-Dame de Bréal

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The chapel Notre-Dame de Bréal, located in Bréal-sous-Vitré, was a Romanesque chapel. This chapel was located a short distance from Vitré, in the forest of Pertre. It was at the origin of the foundation in the 11th century of the parish of Bréal-sous-Vitré, after the cleared. Bréal was then in the forest of Pertre, which was neutral territory and common march, possessed in undivided possession by the lords of Laval and Vitré. This simple capella chapel of Braello (1090) was not to be part of any parish. As soon as it was erected as a prioral church, it soon became a parish church following the clearing of part of the Perten forest.

History: It is first of all a simple chapel built between 1020 and 1030 by Guy I of Laval, and given by him to one of his vassals: Renaud Papillon, without his religious connection being clear. Renaud Papillon met a monk named André, on whose advice he went to Angers, where he linked the chapel to the abbey Saint-Serge d'Angers. This donation is confirmed by Guy I and his two sons Jean and Hamon. Shortly after the death of Renaud Papillon, his fief de Bréal...