DK Travel : Normandy : Architecture

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St Anselm

Philosopher-monk (1033– 1109) who joined Lanfranc at Bec and succeeded him as Archbishop of Canterbury.
St Aubert

Bishop of Avranches, to whom, legend has it, the Archangel Gabriel appeared in 708, ordering him to build a chapel on Mont St-Michel.
St Ouen

Credited with reviving Christian zeal in the Rouen region, as a result of which several abbeys were founded.
St Philibert

Gascon court favourite and protégé of St Ouen. Founded Jumièges in the 7th century.
St Therèse Martin

Deeply spiritual young nun (1873–97) whose shrine at Lisieux is venerated.
St Wandrille

The nobleman founder (in 649) of the eponymous abbey. Known as God’s True Athlete for his remarkable physique.
St-Georges, St-Martin-de-Boscherville

In 1114, William of Tancarville founded a small community of monks, who took this beautiful Norman Romanesque building as their abbey church (see Abbaye St-Georges de Boscherville).
St-Pierre, Thaon

No longer in use, this little church is a lovely sight in its isolated setting, hidden by greenery at the tip of a valley. A gem of Romanesque architecture.
St-Wandrille

Founded in 649 and rebuilt in the 10th century after destruction by Norsemen, the abbey became a centre of learning. Inevitably, the Revolution saw its demise, but in 1931 it once again became a Benedictine monastery (see Abbaye de St-Wandrille).
Ste-Foy, Conches-en-Ouche

This Flamboyant Gothic church is graced by some of the finest stained glass in Normandy. Its tall spire is a precise copy of the one knocked down in a storm in 1842.