CHAPELLE SAINT MÉEN

In 1871, a chapel dedicated to Saint Méen was built on the site of a water source reputed to cure the ills of the sick in popular devotion. Saint Méen was a Breton monk who belonged to the first religious congregations in Gévaudan during the 7th century. At the announcement of a catastrophic drought, Saint Méen prayed to God to send water to Earth. Following his prayer, he planted his pilgrim's staff in the ground and an abundant source of water emerged from the ground, described as a miracle by the peasants of the parish. A granite cross stands a few meters from the chapel on which a child seems to be carved, which could symbolize the devotion of mothers praying for the health of their children. Not far from the chapel are cavities dug into the granite and filled with water. This place is considered to be the Fountain of Saint Meen where it was customary to tie a piece of cloth to a metal ramp to make a vow.