The ambulatory and various side chapels Tréguier Cathedral
internal plan of treguier cathedral
1- chapelle saint-yves or choeur du duc 2- chapelle saint-jean 3- chapelle sainte-anne 4- chapelle saint-nicolas (today known mont-carmel) 5- chapelle saint-martin (today known saint-joseph) 6- chapelle saint-jérôme (today known sainte-philomène) 7- chapelle de la sainte-croix 8- chapelle saint-andré 9- chapelle saint-françois d assise 10- chapelle saint-tudual (today known notre-dame de bon-secours) 11- chapelle du sacré-coeur 12- chapelle du rosaire et des trépassés 13- chapelle des fonds 14- enfeu of cathedral cantor 15- enfeu of knight 16- enfeu of knight 17- enfeu df canon jean de lantillac 18- hastings tower 19- portal known saint-jean 20- portal known saint-jérôme 21- transept north 22- transept south 23- west porch 24- south porch 25- saint yves cenotaph
the ambulatory runs around choir area , gives access ten side chapels. on north side of choir , along ambulatory there 3 chapels, chapelle sainte-anne, chapelle mont-carmel , chapelle saint-joseph. chapel dedicated sainte anne contains 18th-century statue of sainte anne , enfeu (walled tomb) coat of arms broken motto s il plait à dieu still legible.
after chapelle saint-joseph move 3 apsidal chapels, chapelle sainte-phliomèna, chapelle de la sainte-croix , chapelle saint-andré. 3 of these chapels pentagonal in shape. chapelle sainte-phliomèna @ 1 time used access cloisters , contains statue of philomena. chapelle de la sainte-croix cathedral s axial chapel , holds insignia of basilica. chapel holds pietà in polychromed wood , painting of christ s descent cross. third chapel chapelle saint-andré known chapelle des morts , dedicated men of parish gave lives in great war. chapel includes 3 stained glass windows marking war , statue of saint michael , of saint andrew whom first tréguier cathedral dedicated.
after apsidal chapels chapels along south choir , in sequence chapelle saint françois d assise statue of saint francis showing stigmata, vierge de déliverance , statue of sainte marguerite, statue of sainte elizabeth, , painting depicting l imposition du cordon saint francis , chapelle notre-dame de bon-secours, chapelle du sacré-coeur , chapelle du rosaire et des trépassés. chapelle notre- dame de bon-secours contains enfeu of bishop christophe du chatel died in 1479 , painting entitled adoration des mages signed a.p. noblet (possibly morlaix painter jacques noblet). dates 1640 , copy of rubens painting hung in Église des capucins in aix-la-chapelle kept in rouen museum of art.
after these chapels around ambulatory, next chapel in south transept chapelle notre-dame du rosaire joined chapelle des défunts or des trépasses.
before revolution cathedral chapels furnished decorated altars, altar-pieces , paintings destroyed on 4 may 1794 when revolutionaries ran through cathedral axes , machetes , smashed before them.
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