Peregrinação do Perdão na Bretanha (Pardon Pilgrimage in Brittany)

As Festas do Perdão na Bretanha, realizadas de Maio a Outubro no dia do Santo Padroeiro de igrejas ou capelas, destinam-se a ganhar indulgências. As festas de Morlay e Morbihan são peregrinações anuais.

The feasts of Pardon in Brittany, which take place from May to October on the day of the patron Saint of churches or chapels, are intended to grant indulgences. Morlay and Morbihan Feasts are annual pilgrimages.
Catholic Encyclopedia «in Brittany the feast of Patron Saint of a church or chapel, at which an indulgence is granted (...) March-October (...) Two (Morlay, Morbihan) very large pilgrimages are annualy made».

Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret (1852-1929)-'Breton women sitting at a Pardon'-oil on canvas-1887 Lisboa-Museu da Fundação Gulbenkian

Otto Weber (1832-1888)-'Pardon in Brittany'-etching-ca 1870

Eugène Boudin (1824.1898)-'Pardon in Brittany'-oil on canvas-1864 Private collection

Thomas William Morley (1859-1925)-'Pardon in Brittany'-watercolour

Jules-Adolphe.Aimé-Louis Breton (1837-1906)-'candlight (study for 'Great Pardon in Brittany')'-oil on canvas-ca 1868 Private collection