The holy places of France · Brittany
Montfort-sur-Meu The Birthplace of Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort
Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
- Feast
- April 28
- Getting there
- About thirty minutes by road from Rennes.
- On our way
- Via Incarnationis
History
Louis-Marie Grignion was born in Montfort on January 31, 1673, the son of a lawyer with a large family, and was baptized the next day. He took the name of his town, and as a missionary priest he preached in the west of France for sixteen years, with the rosary and great outdoor calvaries.
His Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, found in manuscript in 1842, teaches consecration to Jesus through Mary; Pope John Paul II took his motto, Totus tuus, from it. The house where he was born can be visited.
To see and to pray
- His birthplaceThe house where he was born in 1673.
Feast
- April 28Feast of Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
The saint of this place
- Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de MontfortMissionary of the West of France
On our way
Getting there
About thirty minutes by road from Rennes.
Nearby
- Mont-Saint-MichelThe Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel, about 40 miles as the crow flies
- AvranchesSaint-Gervais and the Scriptorial, about 47 miles as the crow flies
- PontchâteauThe Calvary of Pontchâteau, about 49 miles as the crow flies
- CoutancesThe Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Coutances, about 67 miles as the crow flies