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  • JEANNE-ANTIDE TO THE RESCUE OF THE REFRACTORY – 10 KM

    Explore the paths and paths, the woods and streams, discover the caves where Jeanne-Antide supports the refractory priests and organizes clandestine masses. Departure in front of the Basilica of Sainte Jeanne-Antide. Reach the church of Sancey by the soft route, then engage in the wood of Ouche; turn left and stay on the edge of…

  • JEANNE-ANTIDE FACING THE  REVOLUTION – RIDE AND DRIVE TOUR – 36 KM

    STATION 1 – BELVOIR During « the Terror », two revolutionary groups were fighting against the anti-revolutionary  non-juring priests of Jeanne-Antide. On one side, there were “the Moderates”, Patriots of Sancey  led by a constitunional priest called Vernier and Jeanne-Antide’s brother Joachim Thouret and on  the other side “The Rabid” from the Society of the…

  • JEANNE-ANTIDE GIVES GOSPEL, CLASSES AND NURSES – 2,6 KM

    STATION 1 When she was a child, Jeanne-Antide liked to walk along the stream of La Baume which  provided water to the family tannery. Later, during the “Terror” (1793-94) and till 1797, she would  open a school in the village that the Revolutionary authorities immediately closed. But she re-opened  it a few yards away. STATION…