THE CHURCH OF ST SULPICE
This collegiate church originally dedicated to St. Sebastian in the 12th century, became the Chapter and collegiate church of Saint Manoulde (St Ménéhoulde) in the 13th century. After the Treaty of 1801, it became the church of St. Sulpice replacing the one at Onzay (a village close to Palluau) - destroyed during the Revolution - as a place of worship. You can see evidence in its construction of the very different periods it underwent, also of the assaults by aggressors. The facade is plain but the interior is of a very pleasing style.
Around the choir (stalls dating from the 15th century) are several beautiful painted statues from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, close to the flamboyant Gothic windows, many of them stained glass.
The Mary Magdalen chapel (on the left) was built in 1504 according to the will of Charles Tranchelion, brother of the famous Antoine of Tranchelion, abbot of St. Genou and a friend of Rabelais. This chapel, classified as an historic monument on December 5, 1908, includes some interesting features. First the two statues: St. Mary Magdalen and Christ portrayed as a gardener; then the paving around the altar dating from its construction. Above, remains of the original stained glass windows from the 16th century. At the top of the pillar can be seen "une litre" drawings of coats of arms on a black background – the stately privilege at the time of a family death.
Some magnificent panels or "claustras" were built by order of Anne Phélypeaux, wife of Henri of Frontenac, (who was widowed at the age of 26), to decorate the choir of the church and to isolate the chapels. These "claustras" had been sold in 1885 to an antiques dealer to finance the casting of the three new bells. They were restored in 1985 in their original place, after having been in storage at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris.