The church of Saint-Suliac dates from the 13th and 14th centuries. Considered one of the oldest in Brittany, it has been classified as a Historic Monument (church, gate and cemetery) since 2001.
It is to Saint Suliac, disciple of Saint Sanson, that we owe the founding of the church, around the 6th century. However, the oldest remains date back to the 10th century: the south gable and its door.
The square tower of the bell tower dates back to the 13th century. It is one of the rare examples of a bell tower of this type in Ille et Vilaine. It still retains traces of the bombardment of 1597, during the Wars of the League, which saw Catholics and Protestants clash.
The church has preserved its parish enclosure, in which there are still tombs, which can be accessed through two monumental portals from the 13th century.
To the northeast, the 13th century porch has retained its ribbed vault, as well as 4 of the 6 original statues adorning the side walls, despite the mutilations caused by the revolutionaries of 1789.
Inside, in the Saint-Suliac chapel, the supposed burial place of the saint, you can admire his funerary slab, placed vertically against the wall of the nave. This small chapel also houses some relics of the saint.
The south transept opens onto a small chapel dedicated to the Virgin, also called the chapel of the shipwrecked. A magnificent altarpiece in wood and plaster represents a shipwreck scene during which Our Lady of Grainfollet is invoked by the sailors. The Child Jesus hands a boat hook to a drowning sailor.
During the interior restoration of the church in 1902, a stained glass window representing the procession of sailors before the big departure for Newfoundland was installed. In this stained glass window, all the people represented are identifiable: they are portraits of the crew of a ship leaving for the Grand Bank.
Another stained glass window represents the arrival of Saint-Suliac on the shore. The saint is also represented by a wooden statue from the beginning of the 20th century.
Saint-Suliac is renowned for its exploits in the fight against Evil. In particular, he would have scared away an enormous snake, which had taken up residence under Mont Garrot, and which devoured the young girls. Thus he is very often represented slaying a snake with his foot, symbolizing the fight against the pagan cults still present in Armorica in the 6th century.