Catholic shrines in Burgundy

• VézelayThe Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine. Vézelay and its Romanesque basilica of Mary Magdalene, where one of the four great roads to Compostela begins.
• FontenayThe Abbey of Fontenay. The Cistercian abbey of Fontenay, founded by Saint Bernard in 1118 or 1119, one of the most complete in Europe and a World Heritage site.
• CîteauxThe Abbey of Cîteaux. The abbey of Cîteaux, founded in 1098, the mother house of the Cistercian order, where Trappist monks live and pray today.
• AutunThe Cathedral of Saint-Lazare. The cathedral of Saint-Lazare at Autun and the Last Judgment that Gislebertus carved and signed around 1130, with its capitals.
• TournusThe Abbey of Saint-Philibert. The abbey of Saint-Philibert at Tournus on the Saône, one of the oldest large Romanesque churches in France, with its vaulted nave.
• ClunyThe Abbey of Cluny. Cluny, the great abbey founded in 910, head of more than a thousand monasteries, and what remains of its immense church.
• Berzé-la-VilleThe Monks’ Chapel. The Monks’ Chapel at Berzé-la-Ville, near Cluny, with Romanesque wall paintings of Christ in majesty from the early twelfth century.
• Paray-le-MonialThe Shrine of the Sacred Heart. Paray-le-Monial, where Christ showed his Heart to Saint Margaret Mary between 1673 and 1675. Her relics are in the chapel of the apparitions.
• NeversThe Convent of Saint-Gildard. Nevers, where Saint Bernadette lived as a nun at Saint-Gildard. Her body has rested in the convent chapel since 1925.
• AuxerreThe Cathedral of Saint-Étienne. The cathedral of Auxerre, where Joan of Arc heard Mass in 1429, and the crypts of Saint-Étienne and Saint-Germain with their paintings.

Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint Germanus of Auxerre, Saints Mayeul and Odilo, Saint Hugh of Cluny, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint Joan of Arc, Saint Claude La Colombière, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey, Saint Bernadette Soubirous.

• Via BenedictiThe Way of Saint Benedict. Seven days with the monks of Saint Benedict, from Berry to Burgundy.
• Via RomanicaThe Romanesque Way. Seven days among the carved churches of Burgundy and the Auvergne.
• Via GratiaeThe Great Shrines of France. Thirteen days from Notre-Dame de Paris to the grotto of Lourdes, through the great shrines of France.
• Via ImmaculataeThe Way of the Immaculate. Ten days through the places of the apparitions, from the rue du Bac to Lourdes.
• Via IoannaeJoan’s Way. Eight days on the road of Joan of Arc, from her village of Domrémy to Orléans, Reims and Rouen, where she died in 1431.
• Via SanctorumThe Way of the Saints. Nine days with the saints of France, from Paris to the Alps.