int-Pair, owned by Mont Saint-Michel since
1022, when Richard II, duke of Normandy, gave the barony to the Mont.
The lord of Yquelon, Rogerius de Ikelun, affixed his signature to two
main charters of the Abbey of the Lucerne in 1162. In the 13th century,
the patronage was certainly secular. The tithe was shared between the
pastor, who was receiving most of it, the Abbey of Montmorel (located
in Poilley, near Ducey), and the leper hospital Saint-Blaise de
Champeaux. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-023]

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043. Yquelon. The Romanesque church is under St. Pair's patronage, and
the second saint is St. Maur. The parish belonged to the deanery of
Saint-Pair and the archidiachone of Coutances. The churches of Yquelon
and Breville have similarities, because they are near by and were both
built in the second half of the 12th century. Photo by Alain Dermigny.
[Alain-024]

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044. Yquelon. The Romanesque church is formed by a two-row nave
followed by a two-row choir with a flat apse. The large square tower -
with its three floors in slight recess and a saddleback roof--is
adjacent to the first row on the north side of the choir. The
rectangular openings show that the tower was partly rebuilt since the
12th century. Photo by Claude Rayon. [Claude-12]

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045. Yquelon. The church plan. Regularly oriented from west to east,
the rectangular building has a two-row nave followed by a two-row choir
with a flat apse. The whole building has an external length of 21,75
meters and an external width of 7,6 meters (width of the front). The
tower is adjacent to the first row of the north side of the choir.
Plan by Marie Lebert.

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046. Yquelon. The Romanesque church front. Its masonry is made from
irregular blocks of schist and granite, that are local stones. The
front wall is strengthened at each end by a flat buttress resting on a
stone wall. The three semi-circular bays above the portal were opened
in 1896, to replace a large rectangular bay, that had itself replaced
the two small original Romanesque bays. Photo by Alain Dermigny.
[Alain-025]

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047. Yquelon. The Romanesque church front. Its gable wall is topped by
an antefix cross with bifid branches. Photo by Alain Dermigny.
[Alain-026]

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048. Yquelon. The Romanesque church front. The oculus in the gable wall
is original. Its band is adorned with billets, with a ston