Saint François au Mont-Saint-Michel. Enquête sur la transmission mémorielle d’une image disparue

A medieval relief of Saint Francis at Mont-Saint-Michel, long assumed to depict the saint's authentic 13th-century habit, is now shown to have been entangled in later religious controversies. Analysis of 17th- and 18th-century documentation reveals that its identification was influenced by debates between Franciscan factions over the saint's true attire. This challenges the established dating of the relief to 1228 and casts doubt on the chronology of the entire Merveille cloister construction. The study recontextualizes textual and visual sources, demonstrating how scholarly memory in monastic circles was shaped by contemporary theological disputes.

Rouchon Mouilleron, V. (2014). Saint François au Mont-Saint-Michel. Enquête sur la transmission mémorielle d’une image disparue. Journal Des Savants, 2(1), 205–234. https://doi.org/10.3406/jds.2014.6317