Saint-Thibault Chapel in La Chapelle-au-Mans, France

On a remote hill in the middle of nowhere in southern Burgundy stands a small chapel. Nobody knows exactly how long it has been around and why it was built. What is certain is that it suddenly appeared as a ruin on plans and maps in 1672. For a long time after that no mention can be found. The chapel seems to have been forgotten again. Somebody must have renovated it, but nothing is known about this either. Then, in 1870, the chapel was mentioned again. At that time the parish of the nearby city of Gueugnon used the chapel as a starting point for pilgrimages. Some pilgrimages went to Paray-Le-

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