The tradition tells us about
the presence of a vault
in these places since the VIth century, and the legend locates
in it a monastery where the king of Breton (IXth century),
Salaün (Solomon), would have taken refuge before being
assassinated there by his enemies "in the night of June
23 874,", becoming thus the Martyr: "Ar Merzer".
It is at the beginning of the Middle Ages that Martyre truce
of the Abbey of Daoulas and léonarde enclave in Cornouaille
l, became the seat of a fair of an European fame: " the
merchants of England, Ireland, Flandres transact silk, goldsmitheries,
jewellery, cloths, canvas drapery, horses and cattle..."
(1618). The incomes of this fair added to the offerings of
the pilgrims and merchants made during several centuries the
richness of Martyre and the oldest Parochial Enclosure of
Léon.
In the beginning of the XXth century, Martyre was still one
of the largest fairs of horses of the area.
Recherche
in these places since the VIth century, and the legend locates
in it a monastery where the king of Breton (IXth century),
Salaün (Solomon), would have taken refuge before being
assassinated there by his enemies "in the night of June
23 874,", becoming thus the Martyr: "Ar Merzer".
