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Société des Régates de Fécamp

by Ivan Sache

Fécamp is a port of c. 20,000 inhabitants located on the English Channel

Fécamp was built around a monastery found in the VIIth century to keep the relics of the "Precious Blood" and the fig tree "placed into God's hands" by Isaac, the nephew of Joseph of Arimathia, which had miraculously landed in Fécamp. Duke of Normandy Richard II promised to found a Benedictine abbey in Fécamp. He visited Burgundy, where he met the famous Clunisian reformist Guillaume of Volpiano. In 1003, Guillaume settled in Fécamp with his monastic community. Fécamp was the first pilgrimage in Normandy until supplanted by Mont-Saint-Michel. In the XIth century, the archbishop of Dol-de-Bretagne wrote: "The monastery of Fécamp is worth being compared to the Celestial Jerusalem. It is called the Heaven's Gate, the Lord's Palace. Gold, silver and silk ornaments are seen everywhere."
The relic of the "Precious Blood" is still venerated by pilgrims on Tuesday and Thursday following Trinity's Day. It is