Saint Martin, Brittany, France — Late July 1663
Flying red cross
In the parish of Saint-Martin, near Quimper, a man named Frangois Carre, from Bodeau, saw a red cross in the sky. It seemed to fly away from Saint Martin church and headed towards the chapel of Saint Michel. Jerome de Lestour, a priest in Caudan in the diocese of Vannes, reports that “fearing to be the victim of an illusion, Carre called his wife without saying anything else than to look in the same direction. ‘Do you see anything?’ he asked. ‘Yes, a red cross heading towards the chapel of Saint-Michel,’ she answered.”
Source: The diary of Jesuit Father Julien Maunoir, written in 1672, kept in the library of the Society of Jesus in Rome. Translation of this passage is by Yannis Deliyannis. Case: W230