Bérenger Saunière purchased religious ornamentation for his church from Maison Giscard of Toulouse. Maison Giscard always seems to have manufactured Station of the Cross XIV that showed the Paschal Full Moon. There are some examples that do not show the Full Moon (in Seuillet, Allier; Saint Lubin, Muides-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, etc), but these represent a minority of examples and sometimes involve Station XIV that underwent renovation whereby the deteriorated condition of the Moon could have been painted over.

The timing of Easter Sunday (Pascha) is determined by whenever the night of the Full Moon occurs during the Vernal Equinox, which varies from year to year (Pascha is celebrated on the first Sunday after).

Paschal Full Moon




Rennes-le-Château (Aude)
Photo Credit © Paul Smith, 1990




Saint-Félix-de-Sorgues (Aveyron)
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Ségur-le-Château (Corrèze)
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Saint Julien Sainte Basilisse (Mouthoumet, Aude)
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St Saturnin (Cher)
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Labécède-Lauragais (Languedoc-Roussillon)
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Dommartin-le-Saint-Père (Champagne-Ardenne)
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Saint Pierre-ès-Liens (Cirey-sur-Blaise, Haute-Marne)
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Saint Jean-Baptiste (Naussannes, Dordogne)
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Saint Hilaire (Vouécourt, Haute-Marne)
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Saint-Aubin-de-Lanquais (Dordogne, Aquitaine)
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