In 2016 > Christelle Fillod – Nightlight-Vadso 2016
There are no less than three religious buildings in Jougne which are dedicated to Saint-Maurice, this Roman officer who, according to tradition, was executed in Martigny in the 3rd century with the 6,500 men of the Theban legion for having refused to massacre the local Christian populations: the church of Jougne, the 12th century chapel of La Ferrière and this chapel.
We know neither the date nor the circumstances of the construction of this second, relatively recent Saint-Maurice chapel. It is a simple, rectangular building, attached to a private house, in the village, at the edge of the road which crosses it: a small entrance porch opens onto a single nave separated from the choir by a wooden communion table; a ceiling covers the nave and the choir.
Semi-circular windows illuminate the whole. In the choir, an altar (18th century) whose altarpiece is decorated with two gilded wooden statuettes. This rather modest set of furniture probably comes from an older building.
A Stations of the Cross (19th century engravings), two plaster Saint-Sulpician statues, a harmonium and wooden benches make up most of the furniture and decor of this chapel.
Text by Joël Guiraud
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