Yves Nicolazic

Who is Yves Nicolazic?

Yves Nicolazic was the Breton peasant who said he saw Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary, having unearthed a previously forgotten statue of Saint Anne in his field. This became the site of the great pilgrimage center of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray. He is responsible for the building of the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray.

Its history and that of the appearances are well known and well authenticated, especially with the "declaration which he himself made before Sir Jacques Bullion on 12 March 1625" in the presbytery of Pluneret.