A Brief History
As early as the sixth century, a medieval village developed around a Benedictine Abbey dedicated to St Peter; in the twelfth century St Peter’s Abbey was placed under the protection of Sarlat Abbey. At the end of the fifteenth century, Armand de Gontaut-Biron, Bishop of Sarlat and Seigneur of Issigeac, began building the church, which still stands today, on the site of the Romanesque priory. The church, finished in 1527, took nearly forty years to complete.

What to See
St Félicien’s is a fine - and rare in the Périgord - example of late Gothic architecture. The octagonal bell tower breaks with fifteenth and sixteenth-century architectural styles recalling a more Romanesque style.
Interesting features include:
The central nave and shafts.
The nineteenth-century stained glass windows and the chevet’s lancet windows.
The seventeenth-century stuccoed, wooden statue in the chancel.
The seventeenth-century gilt, wooden statue of the Virgin Mary.

St Félicien’s Church has 21 listed objects.