Saint Michel d'Aiguilhe

Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe (St. Michael of the Needle) is a chapel in Aiguilhe, near Le Puy-en-Velay, France.

[2] Bishop Godescalc of Le Puy-en-Velay had the chapel built to celebrate his return from the pilgrimage of Saint James in 951.

[2] The chapel is dedicated to the Archangel Michael, the patron of mountaintops and other high places.

A prehistoric dolmen dedicated to Mercury by the Romans was built on the volcanic plug before the construction of the chapel.

In 1429, the mother of Joan of Arc, Isabelle Romée, was thought to have come to the site to pray.45°3′0″N 3°52′57″E / 45.05000°N 3.88250°E / 45.05000; 3.88250 This article about a church building or other Christian place of worship in France is a stub.