Letter Of Encouragment Conformation

Heritage Abeilhan

Lest We Forget

As we walked in the countryside around our village, we pass without seeing ...
These are the crosses, discreet, part of the landscape.
There are two kinds:

1. Cross the crossroads
... hence the term "crossroads"

2. The crosses at the corners near the villages of vines
formerly known as "Cross rogations"
The Rogation processions of supplication were instituted in the fifth century, and
taking place on the day of St. Mark (April 25) and
3 days before ascent.
They were intended to attract the blessing Divine on crops and animals. (Larousse)

The derogations have replaced "ambarvales" Roman, who were rural processions in honor of Ceres.

So there were several crosses (3 or 4) Abeilhan which served as stations for derogations. There were perhaps recently restored the cross at the corner of the former vineyard of Mr & Mrs Laura, and the face at Domaine Jean-Claude Lotantique Crebassa.

The one is sure of his position, because we have a document mentioning it is the "cross Gentleman" that is ente Abeilhan Coulobres and, at the tip of a vine Michel Cros.

Here

abstract document addressing the "cross gentleman"

May 09, 1866, eve of the ascent, Jean-Jacques Pailhès when the village priest (he ranked and copied the annals Abeilhan ) after obtaining the permission of Bishop Lecourtier Bishop of Montpellier, was solemnly blessed cross that Mr. Savy Ferdinand had built on his rural property in lieu of another very ancient cross, called the gentleman, recently overturned and broken by the shock of a cart. Here is what the Abbot said Pailhés:

"As this cross from time immemorial, has been and still is the point of the third stational Rogation procession, we took that day when the whole population was gathered to perform the above blessing "

Signed Pailhés Cure

Initially, all crosses were entirely of stone as you can see in the surrounding communities, as Coulobres example.

Now at Abeilhan if the drums are still made of stone, iron crosses are more or less worked (we're talking about those continue ... because unfortunately a lot is completely gone)

Here below, reported by the President of our association, a dramatic event that took place in our village, circa 1908-1910.