Brivezac

Brivezac is a former commune in the Corrèze department in central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne.

Toponymy

The name has both Roman and Gaulish origins, ac being Latin and Briva Gaulish, meaning river ford.

History

The village received the relics of Saint Faustus in 860 during the Norman invasions. They were brought there from the north, and then from the Solignac Abbey, to be protected from looters. The place where the ambassadors of the relics and the priests are said to have met is two kilometers upstream, on the road to Champeau. A spring is said to have gushed out during this meeting and was named the spring of Saint Faustus.

Population

Places and monuments

Église Saint-Pierre de Brivezac - The church of Saint-Pierre was listed as a historical monument in 1988. Parts of the church date from twelfth century. The Romanesque portal of the church, suffering from erosion, is one of the oldest in Limousin is from the eleventh century.
Spring of Saint Faustus