Chapelle du Saint-Aubert
Romanesque granite chapel on a tidal rock outcrop, tied to the legend of the abbey's founding bishop.
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This guide to the Chapelle Saint-Aubert at Mont-Saint-Michel goes back to the early seven hundreds, to Bishop Aubert of Avranches, the archangel who would not let him ignore a dream, and a building site on the summit that would not cooperate. It brings in a local farmer named Bain and his sons, and a question about strength that no one on the rock could answer. Best heard where you can see the chapel on its outcrop with the tide around it.
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