Saint Andrew the Apostle, sculpted in wood in 1721. Head and upper body of one of 12 polychrome apostle statues that flank the entrance to a Breton church, L’Eglise Saint Sauveur in Le Faou, Finistère, Brittany, France.
L’Eglise Saint Sauveur, Le Faou, Finistère, Brittany, France: Saint Andrew, one of 12 polychrome apostle statues, sculpted in wood and dated 1721, in the southern porch and flanking the main entrance to the church of Saint Saviour. The statues have recently been restored and repainted. Andrew, a Galilean fisherman and one of Jesus’s 12 Apostles, was singled out to be Christ’s first disciple, preached the Gospel in lands around the Black Sea and in Greece and was eventually crucified on an X-shaped cross in Patras. He is the patron saint of Scotland. The current church of Saint Saviour was rebuilt between 1544 and 1680 with a 17th century domed bell tower, double transept and ornately sculpted south porch. The south sacristy was rebuilt in 1877. Le Faou is the northern gateway to the Crozon Peninsula, situated on the River Aulne estuary.
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Location: L’Eglise Saint Sauveur, Church of Saint Saviour, Le Faou, Finistère, Brittany, France
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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