This church in the center of Lanmeur is dedicated to Saint-Mélar. Saint-Mélar was a Breton prince, heir of the Kingdom of Cornouaille in the 6th century, who unfortunately had a very thuggish and ambitious uncle. To get rid of a possible rival the uncle had Saint-Mélar´s right hand and left foot cut off. So the young Prince could neither ride a horse, nor wield a sword. Then he locked the crippled nephew in a monastery, where miraculously a silver hand a bronze foot grew. So to get rid of him, the uncle finally beheaded him. That´s what the legends tell.
The church seen here was erected around 1903/04 as a modern successor of the 12th-century church, that had been here before. The crypt, where the tomb of Saint-Mélar was kept once, still exists.
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