Catel Gollet was one who concealed a sin in confession, was condemned to
suffer, and returning miraculously in 1560 announced her condemnation to
her companions in these terms:
Voici ma main, cause de mon malheur,
Et voici ma langue detestable!
Ma main qui a fait le peche,
Et ma langue qui l'a nie.
The bas-relief represents the Adoration of the Magi, and bears date
1588, whilst the upper part bears that of 1581.
The interior of the church possesses some wonderful and almost matchless
carved wood, which surprised and delighted us. There were sixteenth
century statues, full of expression, of St. Herve and St. Miliau; an
elaborate and beautiful pulpit, a font with a canopy supported by
twisted columns, magnificently carved and thirty feet high, dated 1675;
a matchless organ case, with three bas-reliefs, representing David, St.
Cecilia and a Triumphal March, the latter reproduced from one of
Alexander's battles by Lebrun.
In short, Guimiliau was a treasury of sculptured wood, which alone would
have made it remarkable amongst churches. It was almost impossible to
leave its fascination, and I fear that we more than envied the church
its possession.
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