Saint John the Baptist (St Jean) and Saint Robert. Mid-1800s paintings on wood-panelled ceiling vault of Church of Saint Nonne, Dirinon, Finistère, Brittany, France.
Church of Saint Nonne, Dirinon, Finistère, Brittany, France: paintings of Saint John the Baptist (St Jean) and Saint Robert. Among paintings of Saints, Apostles and Doctors of the Church executed between 1856 and 1858 by the painter Jean-Louis Nicolas (1816 - 1899) on the church’s wood-panelled ceiling. These 19th century paintings are distinct from ceiling paintings above the church’s choir. The latter depict the Last Judgement, were painted in 1715 and were restored by Jean-Louis Nicolas in 1757. Saint Robert may refer to Robert de Turlande ( - 1067); Robert of Molesme (), founder of the Cistercian order; Robert of Newminster (d. 1159), abbot; or Robert of Knaresborough ( - 1218), a hermit who cared for the poor. The Church of St Nonne was built of Logonna sandstone between the late 1500s and early 1700s. It blends Gothic and Renaissance architectural styles. Saint Nonne (or Non) who lived in the 500s AD was the daughter of Brecan, a Welsh chieftain, and of Dinam, an Irish princess. Following a rape, Nonne sailed to Brittany to give birth to her son, Divy (Dewi in Welsh, David in English) and came to Dirinon, the place now named after her. (In other versions of Nonne’s life, she settled at Altarnun in Cornwall, England, where a church and well were built in her honour and later travelled to Brittany where she died.)
Size: 4892px × 4891px
Location: Church of Saint Nonne, l’église Sainte-Nonne, Dirinon, Finistère, Brittany, France
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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