St Mihel

St Mihel or St Michel grew up around a Benedictine abbey founded in 709, and in the 14th C. was one of the principal towns of the Barrois district. The sculptor Ligier Richier (C.1500-1567) was born in the town, and some of his works are to be seen in the local churches. One of his finest works, the "Pâmoison de la Vierge" (the Virgin fainting, supported by St John), is in a chapel in the church of St-Michel (12th C., much altered in the late 17th C.). Another, an "Entombment", is in the 16th C. church of St-Etienne.