Saint Millefort of Scotland

He was renowned for a special cult at La Bouvaque, at La Neuville-sous-Corbie, at Camps-en-Amiénois, at Forestmontiers, at Saint-Aubin-Rivière, and in several parishes of the dioceses of Beauvais, Rouen, and Versailles. He is invoked above all for the healing of children. The chapel of La Bouvaque enjoys a great reputation: people come there from several neighboring departments for the healing of epileptic or rachitic children. The therapeutic means employed in these cures, besides vows and prayers, is the application of the children, bare, onto a cold stone.

The leprosarium that once existed a t La Neuville-sous-Corb La Neuville-sous-Corbie Important place of worship housing a statue of the saint. ie appears to have had Saint Millefort as its patron, whose cult in this parish dates back to high antiquity. It is in the ruins of this leprosarium that the statue of Saint Millefort, which is venerated today in the parish church, was found. The Saint is depicted dressed in a rich dalmatic, bareheaded, eyes raised to heaven, right hand on his chest, a book under his left arm, and a palm in his hand. At the foot of the statue, a man and a woman each present a child to him, whom they entrust to his care. A modern stained-glass window in La Neuville reproduces more or less the same scene.

People travel from ten to twelve leagues away to invoke Saint Millefort on behalf of children who are ill or slow to walk. Several miraculous healings are attributed to his intercession. His feast day, which was formerly held on September 6, is celebrated today on the second Sunday of the same month.

Near Cam ps-en-Amiénois, o Camps-en-Amiénois Site of a popular pilgrimage with a dedicated chapel. n the national road from Paris to Calais, there was once an Ecce Homo chapel, which was devastated in 1793. A pious hermit, nicknamed the Little Chaplain, obtained authorization to repair the abandoned oratory. He soon changed its purpose in order to favor the traditional devotion of the inhabitants to Saint Millefort, whom they used to invoke at La Bouvaque. A statue of this Saint was placed next to the old statue of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, and the chapel was designated by the name of Saint-Millefort. It is a very popular pilgrimage for children's illnesses, as evidenced by the numerous ex-votos that line the walls of this sanctuary. Each year, on the fifth Sunday after Easter, a solemn procession, where eight farmers carry the statue of Saint Millefort, goes from the church of Camps to the chapel located about one hundred meters away.

Around 1850, a chapel was built in Saint-Aubin-Rivière which was dedicated to Saint Millefort. It was erected by the parents of a child who had been cured during a pilgrimage to La Bouvaque. The pilgrimage of Saint-Aubin-Rivière takes place on the fifth Sunday after Pentecost, and sometimes interferes, due to its coincidence, with that of Saint-Germain-sur-Bresle.

On the road from Soreng to Bazinval , in t Soreng Site of a chapel where Millefort is considered by local tradition to be a martyr servant. he canton of Blangy (Seine-Inférieure), one finds a chapel dedicated to Saint Millefort. The tradition of the Pays de Bray is that Millefort was a servant, that he came to serve in Soreng, and that the jealousy of the other servants was the cause of his martyrdom. One can see that it is more or less the Picard legend, but with a different attribution of location. People go on pilgrimage to Soreng on Whit Tuesday for the languor of children.

In Bouillant, canton of Crépy (Oise), a statuette is venerated in the church bearing the following inscription: S aint Guinefort, Saint Guinefort Martyr saint often confused or associated with Millefort for the healing of children. martyr, who heals from languor, pray for us. Individuals suffering from inveterate fevers use cloths rubbed against the statue.

Saint Guinefort was once held in great veneration in Piscop, in th e arro Piscop Place of veneration of Saint Guinefort. ndissement of Pontoise: he was the patron of the seigneurial chapel, built in 1211 by Pierre de Piscop. This chapel was destroyed in 1839; but the parish church built in 1840 was dedicated under the dual patronage of Our Lady and Saint Guinefort.

Taken from the Hagiography of the diocese of Amiens , by M. l'abbé l'abbé Corblot Author of the Hagiography of the Diocese of Amiens. Corblot.