Bonus Episode 04: The Hermit-Priest of Rotheneuf
August 8, 2023
After a stroke forced him into retirement, Abbé Fouré moved to a hermitage on the Brittany coast. Over the next 14 years, he carved more than 300 sculptures into the rocks on the cliffs of Rotheneuf.
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news sources:
• CatholicIdaho.org ( https://www.catholicidaho.org/post/saint-benedict-the-moor )
• The Globe and Mail ( https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/video-sicilian-church-reduced-to-rubble-from-wildfire/ )
• Reuters ( https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/three-dead-sicily-counts-losses-devastating-fires-2023-07-26/ )
News writers for The Flowered Path are patrons and friends of the show, Sarah and Kevin.
Theme music is Mariam Matrem Virginem, played by a forest beggar.
Some photos of Abbé Fouré:
Abbé Fouré outside of his home in Rotheneuf.
Abbé Fouré carving the rocks.
Timothy’s watercolor of Abbé Fouré done for this episode.
Timothy’s watercolor of Abbé Fouré – done for the original podcast. The original of this watercolor is available to purchase at etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1226027834/abbe-foure-hermit-priest-of-rotheneuf