Basilica of Our Lady of Good News, Rennes

The Basilica of Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle is a Catholic minor basilica located in the city center of Rennes , Brittany , on Place Sainte-Anne .

The current building, unfinished, replaces an old homonymous church located on the same square. It was erected as a basilica onAugust 6, 1916.

The church is located north of the Center district of Rennes, north of Place Sainte-Anne . Its north and east facades are bordered by the Saint-Aubin contour.

Rue de Saint-Malo to the west separates it from the convent of the Jacobins .

The old church, demolished in 1904, was to the north of the city, outside the ramparts of Rennes and occupied the western part of what is now Place Saint-Anne. Attested to in the 12th century, it dated for the most part from the 17th and 18th centuries, it had hosted from the 19th century the cult of Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle, originally located in the convent of the Jacobins.

The construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle basilica is part of the broad movement of renovation and replacement of the parish housing stock in France during the concordat period, which was particularly sensitive in the archdiocese of Rennes. The building, erected in the middle of the third republic , replaced the old parish church of Saint-Aubin.

The stained glass windows of the basilica constitute its major ornamental element. Most of the glazing, featuring floral motifs, is the work of master glassmakers Rault and Lignel from Rennes. However, the upper windows of the apse contain representations of the cult of Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle, as do a certain number of roundels. Also depicted in medallions are scenes from the history of Brittany in connection with the Duchess Anne.