Saint-Pantaléon - near Gordes

The church of Saint-Pantaléon is about 5kms south of Gordes. It was built within the 11th century, altered a hundred years later. More chapels were added over the centuries. There is a legend around this church.

The bodies of children, that had died, before being baptised, were brought to this chapel, as St. Pantaléon (patron saint for physicians) was able, to "revitalize" the kids for a short time, to get baptized, before they were buried next to the church. There is not only the modern times graveyard, seen here, on the other side are lots of tombs, carved into the ground. Many of them are very small.