St-Lunaire, Romanesque church in Saint-Lunaire, France

St-Lunaire is a granite church in Saint-Lunaire that features a western facade with a central pointed arch door and round-arched windows. Some of these openings date to the 18th century and shape the building's appearance.

The church was built in the 11th century on the site of the monastery founded by Saint Leonorius in the 6th century. The choir was rebuilt around 1350, the south Pontual chapel at the end of the 14th century and the north Pontbriand chapel at the start of the 15th. The nave aisles were replaced in the 17th and 18th centuries. Deconsecrated on 14 September 1884, it was restored by Raymond Cornon and reconsecrated on 18 July 1954.

The tomb of Saint Lunaire holds a Gallo-Roman sarcophagus topped by a 14th-century lid carved with his recumbent figure, holding a bishop's staff ending in a dragon's mouth; the sarcophagus rests on bases sculpted with angel busts. Nearby are recumbent effigies and grave slabs of the Pontual and Pontbriand families, from the 13th to the 15th century.

The building is located on Place du Pilori and has served its religious function since 1954 following a comprehensive restoration by architect Raymond Cornon. Visitors should check opening times in advance, as it remains an active parish church.

The bell tower sits on the roof ridge and is carried inside by a timber frame, not by the stone walls. The west front lost its oculus in 1853, and the nine steps down into the nave — four outside, five inside — show how far the floor was raised above the street.