La chapelle de Saint-Pierre. Bay 21 Quimper Cathedral



in chapel window, monseigneur graveran offers maquette of spires of cathedral virgin mary , saint corentin. behind graveran saint joseph


after crossing transept, arrive @ chapelle de saint-pierre. chapel walls evoke la collation des pouvoirs de lier et délier à saint pierre . stained glass window of 1856 lobin of tours recalls restoration of cathedral s spires @ time of monseigneur joseph marie graveran. in stained glass window, bishop, presented saint joseph, kneels , offers maquette of spires virgin mary , saint corentin. window gift cathedral mme mascarėne de rivière. graveran s grave nearby, work of amėdėe mėnard, marked limestone statue. there plaque dedicated monseigner andré fauvel bishop of quimper , lėon 1947 1968 . finally, chapel has painting showing saint peter kneeling in front of jesus. altar of onyx , decorated images. in centre depicts jesus handing keys heaven saint pierre (peter), on left depicts jesus entrusting saint pierre lambs , sheep , saint pierre walking on water. chapel has frescoes yann dargent, 1 above altar , other in arcade tympanum. depict jesus handing keys saint pierre in presence of other apostles , pierre bereft , in tears after had denied jesus. there no statues in chapel. apart graveran s tomb, evidence of 2 bricked in tombs ( enfeus ) can seen in chapel s north wall. coats of arms here chiselled away during days of revolution. in these tombs remains of alain le baud, yvon le baud, françois cochet , jehanne du cluziou, noblewoman poulgazet. tomb of graveran inscribed- hic jacet josephus-maria graveran episcopus corisopitensis et leonensis, annos vixit lxi, mense x, dies xvi, obiit die februarii in pace .








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