THE TRINITY OF PORHOËT

ON THE TRACE OF THE ROMANS AND THE BRETON KINGS
The term "Porhoët" results from Celtic and means "country of (the other side of wood". In the year 590, the Porhoët Trinity was the place of residence of an important Breton tribe, under the reign of Judieaël, king de Domnonée (born around the year 590 and died into 658. The Viscounts of Porhoët, heirs and successors of Kings de Domnonée, chose the Trinity as a capital because three Roman ways crossed there in a triangle. The symbolic system of the figure three thus gave birth to the forgiveness of the Holy Trinity since the year 800, which is still celebrated today.
The Country of Porhoët formed part of the field of the Kings de Brittany, who had it until 874. With the death of king Solomon, this field was divided and the country of Poxhoët was included in the county of Rennes until the end of the Xthcentury. The lords of Poxhoët came thus from the juniors of the sovereign house; they hold the title of Viscounts of Rennes and counts of Brittany. The small city of the Trinity can thus claim (the honor to owe its origin to the princes who descend from the sovereigns of Brittany, and to bear a name which preceded in the history those of the two other cities, Josselin and Rohan, both founded like it, but later, by the princes of this family of Porhoët.