1. The Church of St. Foy is a liturgic site, an important pilgrimage church and an abbey. In order to control the size of pilgrimage crowds, St. Foy is designed to have a cruciform plan. This had symbolic purpose as it was in the shape of a cross and a practical purpose to control the crowds as pilgrims entered the western portal and would circulate towards the eastern apse. St. Foy was also built to have radiating chapels to create extra ambulatory space and allow pilgrims to visit shrines.
2. Relics were used by churches to attract pilgrims to even small, more informal churches. Relics were also used to refocus attention to certain regions and make them more "religiously important". Relics were seen to be holy and to be able to absolve one of sin if one were to get to it and pray with it. Relics were also seen as an object that was much closer to God and one could pray through the relic and get to God more easily.
3. St. Foy contains a cruciform plan, this was symbolic in the sense that it was in the shape of a crucifix and added to the overall spirituality of the room. The church also contains a reliquary, symbolic in the sense that it contains the remains of some holy and spiritual figure. The walls were also used for symbolic purposes so as to cover with images of Christ, Mary, saints, and angels to influence and teach those coming to worship. Some of these walls, created originally at waist length for practical purposes as to separate the animals from the bread and wine of the Eucharist, where modified to become higher and more decorative and eventually served almost as a separating wall of the classes.
2. Relics were used by churches to attract pilgrims to even small, more informal churches. Relics were also used to refocus attention to certain regions and make them more "religiously important". Relics were seen to be holy and to be able to absolve one of sin if one were to get to it and pray with it. Relics were also seen as an object that was much closer to God and one could pray through the relic and get to God more easily.
3. St. Foy contains a cruciform plan, this was symbolic in the sense that it was in the shape of a crucifix and added to the overall spirituality of the room. The church also contains a reliquary, symbolic in the sense that it contains the remains of some holy and spiritual figure. The walls were also used for symbolic purposes so as to cover with images of Christ, Mary, saints, and angels to influence and teach those coming to worship. Some of these walls, created originally at waist length for practical purposes as to separate the animals from the bread and wine of the Eucharist, where modified to become higher and more decorative and eventually served almost as a separating wall of the classes.