Loc-Eguiner church

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The Saint Eguiner Church (French: Église Saint-Eguiner) is a church in Loc-Eguiner in the arrondissement of Brest in Brittany in north-western France. What was the chapel of the Rosnyvinen family became the parish church of Loc-Eguiner and was erected in stages between 1577 and 1631. It is a listed historical monument since 1927.

Description: It was dedicated to Saint Eguiner. The church has an inscription at the entrance to the kiln on the evangelilist side which reads "Sunday 1st day of July the year 1577 was dedicated this church, was at Yven Governor" and there is another inscription on the bell-tower which read "Anno Domini 1591, Die V JulII Hec Turris Fud". There are two altarpieces in the church. One depicts Saint Louis de Gonzague at prayer and the other depicts the crowding of the Virgin Mary. The baptismal fonts date to 1641. Inside the church are statues of Saints Éguiner, Corentin, Yves, Joseph, Anne, Michel and the Virgin Mary. On the north side of church there is a 15th-century cross with the Virgin Mary reversed with the crucified Christ at the top.

Notes: The patron saint of the parish, Saint Eguiner, was said to have been the sound of an Irish king...