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Levroux (Indre).

La collégiale Saint-Sylvain.

La collégiale fut construite au XIII ème siècle sur l'emplacement d'une église primitive.

Malgré un porche roman, l'ensemble est de style gothique.

Le portail roman servait d'entrée réservée aux seuls lépreux, la lèpre faisant des ravages à Levroux.

On lit dans un cartulaire provenant du chapitre de saint-Silvain de Levroux , un acte de donation accordé aux chanoines, en 1075, par Raoul, prince de Déols, et confirmé, en 1217, par une de ses successeurs, Guillaume de Chauvigny, en vertu duquel tout homme ou femme, attaqué du mal ou feu saint Silvain, et qui aurait été exposé sous le porche de l'église, devenait serf du chapitre, lui et sa postérité. Dans les seules années 1231 et 1232, 17 individus malades, dont 10 hommes et 7 femmes, se présentèrent sous le porche de l'église. (Larroque, Patrice (1801-1879). De l'esclavage chez les nations chrétiennes - 1860)

Dono et concedo in perpetuum ecclesise sancti Silvani de Leproso et canonicis in eâ deservientibus, homines et

faeminas ad meum dominium pertinentes, quicumque igné sancti Silvani atque Silvestri et aliorum sanctorum qui in eâdem requiescunt ecclesiá, patrocinia postulantes in porticu ejusdem

ecclesisae cum aliis hujusmodi languidis jacebunt, et omnes haeredes qui ab illis deinceps exibunt, et collectas et exactiones et omnes consuetudines quas in illis hominibus et vitâ et morte solitus eram habere. (Documents inédits de l'histoire de France, publiés par M. Champollion-Figeac, tome Ier, Pris, 1841).

Qu'était donc ce mal saint Silvain? C'était vraisemblablement la lèpre. Le nom de Levroux viendrait d'ailleurs du latin Leprosum.


Collégiale Saint Sylvain.

The collegiate church was built in the XIII century on the site of an early church.

Despite novel porch, all is Gothic.

The Romanesque portal of entry restricted to serving lepers. Leprosy wreaking havoc in Levroux.

We read in a cartulary from Chapter of St. Silvanus of Levroux, a deed of gift granted to the canons in 1075 by Raoul, prince of Deols, and confirmed in 1217 by one of his successors, William of Chauvigny in under which any man or woman, attacked by evil or fire Silvanus, and that would have been exposed on the porch of the church, became serfs of the chapter, he and his seed. Only in 1231 and 1232 years, 17 diseased individuals, including 10 men and 7 women, stood on the porch of the church. (Larroque, Patrice (1801 to 1879) From slavery among Christian nations -. 1860)

So what was this evil saint Silvain? It was probably leprosy. The name of Levroux come from the Latin Leprosum.
Date Taken on 24 December 2013, 16:41
Source Levroux (Indre).
Author Daniel Jolivet
Camera location46° 58′ 47.49″ N, 1° 36′ 50.49″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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