calvaries

Much later, during the 15th to 17th centuries, large stone crosses were erected in similar positions in Brittany (France), which were known as "calvaries," Wainwright said.

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There had been formerly on the pathways of Dardilly calvaries built by pious forebears; destroyed on order of the revolutionary proconsul of Lyon, the famous Fouché, the crosses lay in the grass.

Archive 2008-03-09 de Brantigny........................ 2008

There had been formerly on the pathways of Dardilly calvaries built by pious forebears; destroyed on order of the revolutionary proconsul of Lyon, the famous Fouché, the crosses lay in the grass.

Le Curé D'Ars de Brantigny........................ 2008

The cross can be seen throughout the Christian world, from elaborate, gem-encrusted gold altar ornaments to simple wayside calvaries, in handsome stone marketplace crosses, and in the basic floor plan of Christian churches.

A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975

The cross can be seen throughout the Christian world, from elaborate, gem-encrusted gold altar ornaments to simple wayside calvaries, in handsome stone marketplace crosses, and in the basic floor plan of Christian churches.

A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975

Auray is a good central point for visiting the Celtic remains: — menhirs, dolmens, cromlechs, all of which are as plentiful here as are calvaries, shrines, and churches in Léon.

Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser

But other churches in the neighbourhood of Morlaix are well worth visiting; churches typical of the Finistère, with their wonderful calvaries, mortuaries and triumphal arches.

The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 Various

Pays de Léon is remarkable for the number of its religious monuments, its fine churches, its bone-houses, calvaries, way-side crosses, and shrines.

Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser

Its churches, calvaries, cemeteries, all silent as death — “A deep, still pool in the ocean of life.”

Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser

Tiny rustic villages, with churches humble and unobtrusive, and prominent calvaries, are passed one after the other.

Normandy, Illustrated, Complete Gordon Home 1923