Eglise Saint Andéol

The church of St Andeux is placed under the vocation of St Andeol, who was martyred.
Saint Andrew was born in Smyrna (Izmir in Turkey) in the 2nd century and was sent by Polycarp to evangelise Gaul in 166.
The church, built in the 16th century, has a pyramidal roof and is in the shape of a Latin cross.
It has two chapels, one of which is a seigneurial chapel which was not opened until 1843.
In the right-hand chapel, the relics of St Bénigne, St Magnance and St Andoche, (the latter who was a companion of St Andéol was martyred in Saulieu).