Chapelle Saint-Méen

Situated close to the banks of the Loire and the Loire cycle route, Saint-Méen chapel was a major centre of pilgrimage in the early 20th century.

When you reach the foot of the chapel, built in 1887, you'll find a large section of wall featuring a niche in which the statue of Saint-Méen still stands.

Saint-Méen, also known as Main, Even or Meven, was born in 540 AD and died around 617 AD. The Welsh monk is said to have created a spring in his Breton monastery at Gaël, in Finistère.

Visiting Châteupane in 565, he is said to have performed several miracles using water from a fountain dedicated to the goddess Maïa, which later became known as Méen. This is how popular belief began to spread, and sick people would go to the fountain to invoke Saint-Méen against scabies.

Please note that the water in the fountain is no longer drinkable.