Alanus de Rupe
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Alan de la Roche, commonly referred to simply as Blessed Alan, was a Breton Dominican friar and priest, theologian, and mystic. He is known for restoring the devotion of the Rosary, which, according t
Print depicting the mystical marriage of Alan to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Woodblock in the Alanus Psalter, 1492
Brittany
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Brittany is a peninsula, historical region and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an independent kingdom
Alanus de Rupe
…Rosary, which, according to tradition, had been forgotten in most of Europe in the centuries after the death of Saint Dominic in 1221. Born in Dinan, Brittany in around 1428, he entered the Dominican Order in 1459 at age thirty-one. While pursuing his studies at Saint Jacques, Paris, he distinguished himself…
Brittany from space, 2002
The Carnac stones
The temple of Mars in Corseul
A 1922 nationalist engraving of Nominoe, first king of Brittany