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Chapelle Saint-Guillaume
Historic site and monument, Religious heritage, Chapel, Religious site, Roman, 17th C
in Eygliers
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Do you know the story of our Saint William and his famous hand?
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Guillaume was a native shepherd of the hamlet of Gros who unfortunately had no right hand. In the spring, while tending his sheep, he heard the sound of a rising flood in the Guil and Durance rivers. He rushed to the nearby monastery to warn them. But the monks turned a deaf ear despite his insistence. After a difficult night where the elements were unleashed, Guillaume woke up and rubbed his eyes with both hands! God had given him this second hand to go and convince the monks! He returned...
Guillaume was a native shepherd of the hamlet of Gros who unfortunately had no right hand. In the spring, while tending his sheep, he heard the sound of a rising flood in the Guil and Durance rivers. He rushed to the nearby monastery to warn them. But the monks turned a deaf ear despite his insistence. After a difficult night where the elements were unleashed, Guillaume woke up and rubbed his eyes with both hands! God had given him this second hand to go and convince the monks! He returned to the monastery where this time he succeeded in persuading the monks to leave the place and evacuate the population. Even if everything was swept away by the flood, the population taking refuge on the heights was saved!
When St Guillaume died, his miraculous hand refused to stay in the ground! Since then, it is kept in the chapel dedicated to him.
Even today, on Easter Monday, a fair and a mass are organized in St Guillaume.
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