Prieuré saint Léonard de Vains
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Millennium · European Year of the Normans · 2027

Popular Feasts of Saint Léonard

From 1 July 5.00 pm to 5 July 11.00 am · 2027

Vains · Mont-Saint-Michel Bay · Normandy

Towards the opening of the Feasts
283
Days
14
Hours
46
Minutes
05
Seconds
📄 Programme (PDF)🖼 A2 Poster🗓 Detailed schedule

Five days of popular festivity between Romanesque chapel and silver strand: medieval ostensions, solemn procession to Mont-Saint-Michel, lectures, workshops and international vigils in communion with the Bay villages.

Three themes, one breath

01

Liberation

Saint Léonard, patron of captives and prisoners. The Bay, threshold between Death and Resurrection, opens onto forgiveness and inner freedom.

02

Light

Sunset ostensions and candles, Romanesque fresco creation, chants and vespers — light becomes shared story and rite.

03

Unity

Twinning with the abbey of San Leonardo di Siponto, European Youth Encounters, communion of the Bay villages around a millennium of hospitality.

ON THE SHORES OF THE BAY

The places of the Feasts

From the Priory of Vains to Mont-Saint-Michel, via Avranches, the Bergerie des Grèves and the host villages — click each place to discover what will happen there.

Leaflet © OpenStreetMap
MAIN SITESHOST VILLAGESCROSSING OF THE STRANDS — SAT 3 JULY (PLANNED TIMES)

Five days, ten highlights

  1. Thu. 1 July · 5 pm
    Reception in the villages, distribution of booklets & escus
  2. Thu. 1 July · 9 pm
    Local vigil — animations, songs, tales
  3. Fri. 2 July · 10.30 am
    Official opening of the Feasts, exhibition preview
  4. Fri. 2 July · 3 pm
    Sensory workshops discovering the Bay
  5. Fri. 2 July · 6 pm
    Vespers of Angels — international choirs
  6. Sat. 3 July · 10 am
    Festive procession of the relics through the village
  7. Sat. 3 July · 2 pm
    Crossing of the strands to Mont-Saint-Michel
  8. Sat. 3 July · 8 pm
    Requiem for a Conqueror at the Abbey
  9. Sun. 4 July · 9.30 am
    Solemn Mass — blessing of the frescoes and altar
  10. Sun. 4 July · 7 pm
    Gala Evening & fireworks

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Under the high patronage of

Millenium 2027Région NormandieAbbayes de Normandie

Event officially labelled “Millennium 2027 · European Year of the Normans” — Region of Normandy · Abbeys of Normandy · Atout France.

Région NormandieAbbayes de NormandieMillenium 2027Communauté d'Agglomération Mont Saint Michel NormandieOffice de Tourisme Mont Saint Michel NormandieCrédit MutuelATOUT FRANCEAtelier saint André de RoublevUniversité de NorwichConservatoire du LittoralFONDATION DES SCIENCES DU PATRIMOINEICOMOSBMN ARTEPOTESTA.ARTLA MANCHEFRANCE.FRTOITS TEMPORAIRES URBAINSPRESIDENCE DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISEJET SERVICEBRITISH COUNCILAIR FRANCECOMMISSION EUROPEENNESAINT SIEGEFerme des CarameuhJean-Luc LAIMMRégion NormandieAbbayes de NormandieMillenium 2027Communauté d'Agglomération Mont Saint Michel NormandieOffice de Tourisme Mont Saint Michel NormandieCrédit MutuelATOUT FRANCEAtelier saint André de RoublevUniversité de NorwichConservatoire du LittoralFONDATION DES SCIENCES DU PATRIMOINEICOMOSBMN ARTEPOTESTA.ARTLA MANCHEFRANCE.FRTOITS TEMPORAIRES URBAINSPRESIDENCE DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISEJET SERVICEBRITISH COUNCILAIR FRANCECOMMISSION EUROPEENNESAINT SIEGEFerme des CarameuhJean-Luc LAIMM
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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Priory of Saint Léonard, Vains — a thousand-year-old Romanesque landmark (1027) on the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, a stage on the historic route of the Abbeys of Normandy, from Caen to the Mont. Charming stays, bay crossings, concerts, artist residencies and the 2027 Millennium Feasts in Normandy.

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