Painting Ridicules Catholic Solemn Service In Saint-Armand-Montrond

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Incident date
Country
France
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Societal Sphere
  • Arts
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Insult or Incitement
  • Intolerance towards Religious Symbols

A painting by Amador Castaner which was displayed for the wine fair of Saint-Amand-Montrond (Cher) angried parish priest Jean-François Breton and the inhabitants. In a scene of holy mass, the people’s cheeks were reddened by drinks and they were waiting for more – namely to receive the blood of Christ (the wine). A woman kneeling at the foot of a priest offered him a rather bald chest. The offending paiting was finally masked.

Source:
http://ermitage.ouvaton.org/spip.php?breve675