The Chapel of San Biagio Bishop and Saint Peter the apostle of Deveys is preceded by a short churchyard, where converge the main streets and you will find a fountain-wash house, the old elementary school in the country, municipal oven and the local of the alembic, for the distillation of grappa. The Year of foundation of the sacellum is not known, however, can be ascribed to at least according to the Fifteenth Century on the basis of the frescoes preserved in its interior. At the time – in line with what happened to many other churches and chapels of the Susa Valley and Dauphiné is between the end of the XV century and the beginning of the Sixteenth Century – already vetusta S. Biagio had to undergo a general intervention of rebuilding, adapted to amplify the dimensions. In all probability, the undertaking was sustained by the local community, ready to renew and beautify what for all was not only a simple space of worship, but also a place of aggregation during parties and gatherings civilians.
Today the structure externally presents simple plastered walls, covered by a roof of lose two flaps. The interior has a single rectangular hall, articulated in two spans a cask. In the inner facade, above the entrance door, stands a wooden gallery, where traditionally sat women to follow the celebrations.
On the opposite side, beyond a short and orderly row of benches, is located the altar consisting of a simple frame in carved wood, whose faces are closed by a frontal (on the front) and by two frames in raw cotton (along the sides). On the apse wall is a seventeenth century canvas with the Virgin and Child with Saints Peter the Apostle and Biagio vescovo, surrounded by a frame carved with gilded leaves and rosettes painted.
Along the south wall of the house of prayer survive four panes riaffiorati frescoed thanks to a careful restoration work. Originally the painted scenes were also affects the other walls of the sacellum, having as its main theme the miracles performed by S. Biagio and his martyrdom. The frescoed scenes are arranged to the sides of a little window and at the sguanci that surround the opening. From left to right you can see San Sebastiano, the Madonna with Child, Santa Lucia and Santa Margherita.
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