Broût-Vernet - Saint-Mazeran

The Sire d'Escolles founded a small Cluniac priory here around 1095.
The church was built 11th/12th century by the local hermit Mageran, son of the founder, who now is known under the name of Saint-Mazeran and to whom the church is devoted. Already 1152 the church served the parish.

The basilica-style-church has five bays - and seen here - three apses. The top levels bell-tower and the western facade were built within the 19th, when the structure got renovated. During this work frescoes were found from 1530/1540 in the choir, depicting St. Mazarin, working on a blueprint of the building.

As the small priory belonged to the "cluniac network", it is listed on the website of the "Fédération Européenne des Sites Clunisiens".

www.sitesclunisiens.org/article.php?sid=284&newlang=f...