In the Grotto of the Hermitage is dug an armchair of fertility whose influences would be very beneficial...
But a little history...
In 750, coming from Vannes, the monk Emilion, future founder of the town of Saint-Emilion, settled in a cave and built a bed, an altar and an armchair in the rock.
The armchair is intended for his meditation.
In this cave, he would also have made water gush out to baptize the faithful, a miraculous water, which would have allowed a woman to recover her sight.
But a second miracle seems to be perpetuated. Indeed, the Fertility Chair, as its name indicates, would allow some women to recover lost fertility.
The thing can lend to smile however, the Tourist office or the Town hall of Saint-Emilion receive each year of the letters assuring of the benefits of the famous armchair and the birth of a child.
Here are the babies of Emilion of these last years as they are affectionately nicknamed:
In 2025 : Marley Emilion, Jules, Arthur, Léo, Maxine, Eloise Elizabeth, Matéis
In 2024 : Antoine, Emile Louis, Victoire
In 2023 : Axel, Siméon, Gaëlle, Thomas, Léo, Agathe, Augustin, Hector
In 2022 : Léandre, Robin, Joséphine, Sequoia, Henri, Gabriel
In 2021 : Manon, Evan, Augustin, Ugo, Emilio
In 2020 : Nael, Margaux, Noemi, Violette, Ignatius Jameson, Julia
In 2019 : Jules, Martin et Maxime, Mattéo Thiên An, Gabriel, Ryden, Emiliano, Emilie, Jenna, Elisa, Maëlle, Emilie et Gabriel-Émilion, Léo, Eloan, Robin, Emma, Déva et Céleste, Felipe, Arthur Emile, Maël Emilion
In 2018: Lou, Agathe, Arthur, Ines, Oscar, Marcus, Athénaïs, Antoine,
Thomas, Nora, Aiyana, Léon, Lisa
In 2017: Gabin, Zoe, Tiago, Alexandre, Jean, Jules, Paul, Arthur,
Elise, Helena, Nina, Frédéric-Emilion
In2016: Frances, Emilion, Gaël, Lucas, Naël, Sara, Loan, Isabella, Eugénie, Camille, Arthur
In 2015 : Léopold, Noémie, Victor, Romane, Estelle, Lili-Rose, Victor, Anae, Gabin, Raphaël, Jane, Marta, Alberto, Alexandre
In 2014 : Ulysse, Emilien, Alizée, Alix, Gaël, Enzo, Lena, Ellia Saverianna
In 2013 : Lena, Darius, Shiori, Anna, Inès
In 2012 : Vittoria Rosaria Emiliana
Accessible only by paid guided tour; information available at the tourist office. Place des Créneaux. Tel: +33 5 57 55 28 28
Tourist Office of the Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
Le Doyenné - Place des Créneaux
33330 Saint-Emilion
Tel: 05 57 55 28 28
www.saint-emilion-tourisme.com
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