Conques Abbey
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In
the middle of the WIIIth century, Dadon, an hermit,
settled in this valley where he rebuilt an old ruined oratory.
Sevral men met him to live taking him as a model and they foun Conques
abbey. A "golden legend" was created by the monks to explain this
abbey foundation.
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| Conques in 1834 |
 Pernot's drawing |
 Dessin de Pernot |
 Ste
Foy 12 years old
Vaylet Museum- Espalion |
Born
near 290 in Agen, she was martyred in 303 by the proconsul Dacien.
After a torture with a grill where a miracle saved her, she was beheaded
with her companions. Her relics were kept in Agen till the IXth century,
and then they were brought to Conques by a monk who robbed them. This
theft was officially called "furtive translation". The reputation
of the abbey was provided by strange wooden reliquary statue called
"Ste Foy's Majesty", covered by leaves of gold and inlayed with gems
and by a long poem written near the middle of XIth century, with verses
of the langue d'oc called "Ste Foy's Song".
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 " Ste Foy Majesty" Treasure of Conques |
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 Summits
of the towers were built by Viollet-Leduc in XIXth century
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