The Saint-Lambert church is open every Sunday from 10am to 4:30pm with extended hours from 01/04 to 31/10. During this period, it is open from 10am to 6pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Most churches are in the heart of the village. This is not the case here. This one is set back, on a hill surrounded by the cemetery, the old presbytery, in a peaceful, rural setting, at the crossroads of the Mosan and Hesbaye landscapes. This listed church is one of the rare examples of Louis XVI religious architecture in our region. In neoclassical style in brick and limestone, the current church was built between 1779 and 1783 by order of the Cathedral Chapter of Liège.
Inside the church dedicated to Saint-Lambert, it is possible to admire a statue of Saint Guy. According to legend, Vitus (Guy in Latin), born in Sicily in the 3rd century, was first martyred around the age of 12 by the governor Valerian, because he refused to worship pagan idols. Provoking miraculous cures, he was then brought before the emperor Diocletian who tortured him until his death in 303. It was in the 9th century, following miracles that occurred during the transfer of the relics of Saint Guy from Saint-Denis, in France, to Saxony, that the cult of Saint Guy, protector of epileptics and patients with chorea, developed. These patients suffered from various disorders that increased as the feast of Saint Guy approached. They then went on pilgrimage to a church dedicated to him to dance there in order to free themselves from their anxieties and their illness. Here too, a pilgrimage once attracted a large crowd during a procession that took place on the Sunday following June 15, the Saint's feast day. It was traditional to participate three years in a row. The statue and the prayer dedicated to Saint Guy can be found in the Saint-Lambert church.
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