This Calvary dates from 1904, which is "recent" vs the age of the other monuments in Treguier, but it has a particular history. In 1903, the anticlerical French President decided to install next to the Cathedral of Treguier a statue of Ernest Renan, a famous secular philosopher native from Treguier. This decision caused such huge protests in the catholic population in Brittany that the army on horses had to be sent to reestablish the order in the streets. As a way to "repair" the alleged offence made to God by this anticlerical initiative, a national subscription was opened in order to build the so called Reparation Calvary along the harbour road at the entrance of the city. The statues of some important saints from Brittany, as well as of Saint Louis and of Jeanne d'Arc, were also added in order to protect the traditional Calvary figures from any further anticlerical aggression.
(Note : the pictures in today's post were made yesterday afternoon, but the date/time settings of my new camera had not been updated yet, as I realized afterwards)
