Saint Jean, like Saint Pierre, is one of the chapels in the neighborhood of La Route, which has now disappeared, and it dates back to the early days of Christianity.
When the bishop of Digne came to visit the parish in 1677, he wrote: “the parish church is at the top and the Saint Jean Baptiste chapel is at the bottom for people’s convenience”. Then, in 1683 he said : “we came down the Saint Domnin parish to the newly built chapel, permitted by us, in the hamlet of Jauberts, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, where there is an altar”.
It is the hamlet of Jauberts that would form the new village with the parish church built around 1830 with the same patron as the chapel which was turned into a basic place of worship.
Mairie de Verdaches
Chapelle Saint Jean Baptiste,
04140 Verdaches
Telephone : +33492351099
Fax : +33 4 92 35 10 99
Email : [email protected]
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Updated on 18/08/2023 – Office de Tourisme Provence Alpes Digne les Bains – Suggest an edit