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Eglise Saint Sauveur

The evangelization of population in the forest of Auge was initiated at the end of the IVth century by Saint Latuin, honored as first bishop of Seez sent by the Pope and who faced incredulity and persecution, then by Saint Landry in times very disturbed by Germanic invasions.

The Merovingian dynasty converted to christendom since Clovis, it is with their patronage that in the VIth century, people saw Saint Evroult settling in the forest of Ouche, where he founded a hermitage, basis of the important ►abbey which will be called after him and will provide a safe haven to many monks (of whom later the prolix ►Ordéric Vitalis). Other lords, monks and hermits settle, christianize the population, churches are built and,

Vimoutiers, "relay for life" in the forest, halfway between Orbec and Trun,would have thus been named : Vicus monasterii, the burg of the church.

"Very modest, narrow, described without any chairs nor benches, two small altars on each side of the nave, recalling the simplicity of the first ages, certainly made of wood originally, then rebuilt of limestones of the country,

 L'église Saint Sauveur, located on the market place (map1779) vis-a-vis the communal oven, close to the Hotellerie des moines, was included in the properties given indirectly by ►Richard Ist to the Benedictines monks of Jumieges in the Xth century, in the circumstances described for the donation of Vimoutiers.

Certainly,  it was a halt of prayers for pelgrims,  because the earliest reference to a route to the Mont Saint Michel⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ appears at Vimoutiers in 1025.

L'église Saint Sauveur is demolished in 1787. Its materials will be used to enlarge the 1ere eglise Notre-Dame.

More :

⁽¹⁾ ►  Mont Saint Michel

⁽²⁾ ► Virtual guided tour of : The Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel

Saint Latuin

would have been buried

at the place where was built

►the chapel of Cleray

close to Sees

Eglise St Sauveur

model XVIIIth century

by Biron