Prieuré saint Léonard de Vains
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Saturday 19 December 2026 — at 18:00Free entry

Advent Vigil

📍 Priory Chapel

A musical and spiritual vigil in the chapel by candlelight.

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Saturday 3 July 2027 — at 10:00Free entryUNESCO

Ostensions 2027

📍 Priory of Saint Léonard, Vains

The great ostension at the Priory: procession, veneration of Saint Léonard's relics, solemn Mass and sacred concert in chapel.

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Vains · Manche · Normandy

The soul of these places is imbued with peace, attentive listening, and inner freedom.

Between sky and shore, the last stone before the sea and the first promise of the Mont,

At the crossroads of the Dukes' route through Caen and the Via Angelica from Monte Sant'Angelo in Italy, sacred voices rise,

From sunrise to sunset, as the course of a life,

From the East, at the priory, saint Léonard frees us from all our prisons before the crossing of the waters of Death toward the Heavenly Jerusalem,

Toward the West, at Mont Saint Michel, the Archangel weighs our souls and sets us on the path of the Resurrection.

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Prieuré saint Léonard, 50300 Vains, France
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