Parish Churches of Guernsey 5

Sainte-Marie-du-Câtel - Castel

A statue outside which could be 4,500 years old, and an excavated bell casting pit that could be medieval. A hagioscope so that the faithful could see the main altar from the transept - pre-dating CCTV by at least 500 years.

And this. Twelfth century. There was a wide spread legend in early medieval times about three young lords who were out hunting, and met their three dead counterparts. A sort of memento Mori. The legend was known as Les Trois Morts et les Trois Vifs.

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