Legendes sur le thème : Ermitage (6 légendes)

Coat of Arms of St. Gallen
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[St. Gallen (Wahlkreis Sankt Gallen / Suisse)]
By Kuoni, Jakob in 1903 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 31/05/26.
Themes: Animal Animal sauvage domestiqué Apparition Blason Chasser d'un lieu Croix Dompter Ermitage Ermite Esprit Exorcisme Foret Légende chrétienne Origine Origine d'un lieu Ours Prière Relique Saint | Sainte Saint Gall Serpent

After Gallus had recovered his health at Arbon through the grace of Christ, it soon became clear that divine Providence had preserved him for higher purposes in the German lands. He therefore turned to the deacon Hildibold, Willimar’s faithful companion, who knew the surrounding country better than anyone else, and … Read more
Coat of Arms of St. Gallen
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The Legend of Saint Gall’s Settlement and the Bear

[St. Gallen (Wahlkreis Sankt Gallen / Suisse)]
By Kuoni, Jakob in 1903 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 31/05/26.
Themes: Animal Animal sauvage domestiqué Apparition Blason Chasser d'un lieu Croix Dompter Ermitage Ermite Esprit Exorcisme Foret Légende chrétienne Origine Origine d'un lieu Ours Prière Relique Saint | Sainte Saint Gall Serpent

After Gallus had recovered his health at Arbon through the grace of Christ, it soon became clear that divine Providence had preserved him for higher purposes in the German lands. He therefore turned to the deacon Hildibold, Willimar’s faithful companion, who knew the surrounding country better than anyone else, and … Read more

[St. Gallen (Wahlkreis Sankt Gallen / Suisse)]
By Kuoni, Jakob in 1903 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 27/05/26.
Themes: Abbaye | Monastère Attaque Eglise Ermitage Evèque Guerre Légende chrétienne Moine Mort Pénitence Prière Recluse Saint | Sainte Sainte Wiborada Vertu

One day, Bishop Solomon, the builder of St Magnus Church, travelled from his episcopal seat at Constance to visit the monastery of Saint Gall. He brought with him a young virgin named Wiborada, who was renowned for her virtues. A small dwelling was then built for her near a certain … Read more

The Legend of Wiborada, the Anchoress of Saint Magnus Church

[St. Gallen (Wahlkreis Sankt Gallen / Suisse)]
By Kuoni, Jakob in 1903 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 27/05/26.
Themes: Abbaye | Monastère Attaque Eglise Ermitage Evèque Guerre Légende chrétienne Moine Mort Pénitence Prière Recluse Saint | Sainte Sainte Wiborada Vertu

One day, Bishop Solomon, the builder of St Magnus Church, travelled from his episcopal seat at Constance to visit the monastery of Saint Gall. He brought with him a young virgin named Wiborada, who was renowned for her virtues. A small dwelling was then built for her near a certain … Read more

[Holy Island, Inner Farne (Northumberland / Royaume-Uni)]
By Hilton, Agnes Aubrey in 1908 (5 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/05/26.
Themes:

In the seventh century a little lad kept watch over the sheep in the valley of Lauderdale. This valley, which is in the country we now call Scotland, was in those days part of the kingdom of Northumbria. Now, the shepherd boy was called Cuthbert. He was left an orphan … Read more

The legend of de Saint Cuthbert

[Holy Island, Inner Farne (Northumberland / Royaume-Uni)]
By Hilton, Agnes Aubrey in 1908 (5 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/05/26.
Themes:

In the seventh century a little lad kept watch over the sheep in the valley of Lauderdale. This valley, which is in the country we now call Scotland, was in those days part of the kingdom of Northumbria. Now, the shepherd boy was called Cuthbert. He was left an orphan … Read more

[Verrières (Aube)]
By Hilton, Agnes Aubrey in 1908 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/04/26.
Themes:

[...] Aventine [...] loved all creatures so dearly that it is told of him even that one day, when he trod upon a snake and crushed it, he bent over it, cherishing it until life returned and it glided away. He lived in the sixth century, being Abbot of a … Read more

The Legend of Saint Aventin and the Bear

[Verrières (Aube)]
By Hilton, Agnes Aubrey in 1908 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/04/26.
Themes:

[...] Aventine [...] loved all creatures so dearly that it is told of him even that one day, when he trod upon a snake and crushed it, he bent over it, cherishing it until life returned and it glided away. He lived in the sixth century, being Abbot of a … Read more

Gregory of the Golden Mouth
- Gregory of the Golden Mouth
[Inishmaan, Corough (Galway / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 30/03/26.
Themes:

The opening between Aranmore and Inishmaan, or the Middle Island, is called Gregory’s Sound. According to the islanders of Aran, its name was derived from a certain venerable man named Naomh Greoihir, or St. Gregory. This holy penitent came originally from the mainland, lying in a south-eastern direction. There he … Read more
Gregory of the Golden Mouth
- Gregory of the Golden Mouth

The legend of Gregory of the Golden Mouth

[Inishmaan, Corough (Galway / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 30/03/26.
Themes:

The opening between Aranmore and Inishmaan, or the Middle Island, is called Gregory’s Sound. According to the islanders of Aran, its name was derived from a certain venerable man named Naomh Greoihir, or St. Gregory. This holy penitent came originally from the mainland, lying in a south-eastern direction. There he … Read more

Hermit and Black Goat
- Hermit and Black Goat
[Habscht (canton de Capellen / Luxembourg)]
By Gredt, N. (Dr.) in 1883 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 06/11/25.
Themes: Animal Bouc Chapelle Cloche Diable Diable défait Ermitage Ermite Jeune fille Légende chrétienne Protection Tentation Vache

On the “Griefchen,” a plateau-like rise above the Leesbech between Simmern and Greisch, there once stood a chapel and beside it a little hermitage that a pious hermit had hollowed out of the rock for himself. The Devil kept trying to tempt the hermit and appeared to him in the … Read more

The Legend of the Hermit of the “Grießchen” and the Devil

[Habscht (canton de Capellen / Luxembourg)]
By Gredt, N. (Dr.) in 1883 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 06/11/25.
Themes: Animal Bouc Chapelle Cloche Diable Diable défait Ermitage Ermite Jeune fille Légende chrétienne Protection Tentation Vache

On the “Griefchen,” a plateau-like rise above the Leesbech between Simmern and Greisch, there once stood a chapel and beside it a little hermitage that a pious hermit had hollowed out of the rock for himself. The Devil kept trying to tempt the hermit and appeared to him in the … Read more
Hermit and Black Goat
- Hermit and Black Goat