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Departmental Museum of Religious Art, Sées

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Sacred heritage of Sées in one day

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Notre-Dame Cathedral of SéesBasilica of the Immaculate ConceptionDepartmental Museum of Religious Art

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About Departmental Museum of Religious Art

The Departmental Museum of Religious Art occupies a 14th-century canonical house in the cathedral quarter of Sées, classified as a historic monument. Established in 1972 to preserve sacred objects from rural churches across the Orne department, the collection spans eight centuries of religious art from the Romanesque period to the present day. Over 1,300 pieces include paintings, sculptures, goldsmithery, liturgical vestments, and devotional objects.

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The museum's ivory liturgical comb carries a dramatic history. After Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 on orders of King Henry II, the remorseful king built a church in Argentan (Orne) as penance and donated this comb as a relic. Priests used such combs for ritual purification before celebrating Mass.

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