The abbey has the relics of St Foy, who was a 12 year old girl killed by the Romans for her Christian faith. She was condemned to be roasted alive, but a miraculous downpour extinguished the flames, and she suffered the relatively more merciful fate of beheading.
She has the most fabulous gold and jewel encrusted reliquary, which we saw in tne abbey treasury, but photographs were not allowed. It is amazing that it has survived both the French wars of religion and the Revolution. It was hidden and only found in the late 19th century. Other ancient items also escaped being melted down by the revolutionaries, because the villagers hid them in their houses.
