Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre The Tomb of Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort

Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort died at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre on April 28, 1716, aged forty-three, while preaching a mission there. He was buried in the parish church, on whose site the basilica now stands, and his tomb lies near that of Blessed Marie-Louise Trichet, who founded with him the Daughters of Wisdom.

The small town is the home of the religious families that came from his work: the Company of Mary, called the Montfort Fathers, the Daughters of Wisdom, and the Brothers of Saint Gabriel, whose houses stand along the Sèvre. Pope John Paul II prayed at the tomb in 1996.

• The basilicaThe tombs of Saint Louis-Marie and Blessed Marie-Louise Trichet.

• April 28Feast of Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort

• Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de MontfortMissionary of the West of France

• Via IncarnationisThe Way of the Incarnation, seven daysDay VI, Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre · Day VII, Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre to Paris

About an hour by road from Angers, which is an hour and a half from Paris by high-speed train.

• ChinonThe Royal Fortress of Chinon, about 55 miles as the crow flies
• L’Île-BouchardThe Church of Saint-Gilles, about 63 miles as the crow flies
• PontchâteauThe Calvary of Pontchâteau, about 65 miles as the crow flies
• SolesmesThe Abbey of Saint-Pierre of Solesmes, about 68 miles as the crow flies