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L'Église St-Hilarion-de-Perse (SE Espalion)
Link to Maps of the Pilgrimage Roads of France Back to from Aubrac to the River Lot and Conques
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The 1100s Église St-Hilarion-de-Perse now oversees a cemetery in SE Espalion (it is signposted from the main street). It was once the church of a significant priory on a site where, according to legend, St-Hilarion was beheaded by Saracens in the time of Charlemagne. The priory would have had close links with the pilgrims walking the le-Puy / Conques "road" along the nearby Lot (or Olt in the local dialect) river valley, and the church is a beautiful example of local Romanesque monastic architecture and local stone.
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Mary, Baby Jesus and the Magi oversee the old south nave entrance
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Stoup (holy water basin) inside the old south door. The nearby church of St-Jean in Espalion, now a museum, has a famous collection of stoups.
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Looking east down the nave (the stoup is on the right).
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