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# France: Traditionalist Catholics

## Contre-Réforme Catholique

Last modified: 2026-08-08 by olivier touzeau
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- French traditionalists
- Breton traditionalists

See also:

- France
- Brittany
- Renouveau Français

## French traditionalists

Traditionalist flag - Image by Ivan Sache, 20 November 1997

A plain white flag charged with the Sacred Heart of Vendée is mainly used by the most traditionalist (Legitimist royalists) Catholics.

Ivan Sache, 20 November 1997

Traditionalist flag - Image by Ivan Sache, 20 November 1997

A blue flag with the same emblem, surrounded by 12 yellow fleurs-de-lis, was used during the controversail consecration (not recognized by the Holy See) of the church of Saint-Martin-des-Gaules in Noisy by traditionalists on 11 November 1997.

Traditionalist flag - Image by Tomislav Todorović, 19 March 2013

Ivan Sache, 20 November 1997

Traditionalist also uss a white flag semy of golden fleurs-de-lis and the Sacred-Heart-of-Jesus over all (photo, photo).

Tomislav Todorović & Marc Pasquin, 14 March 2016

Traditionalist flag - Image by Ivan Sache, 20 November 1997

Traditionalists who recognize the French Tricolore flag (including Orleanist royalists) usethis flag charged with the Sacred Heart of Vendée. Also used as a car sticker and sometimes charged with mottos in golden letters, the flag is often seen in general Catholic events (such as visits of the Pope).

Ivan Sache, 20 November 1997

## Breton traditionalists

Three flags used by Breton Traditionalist Catholics - Images by Ivan Sache, 20 November 1997

Three flags used by Breton traditionalists have been reported:
- a white flag with a black centred cross and a red Sacred Heart in each quarter;
- a white field with a black centred cross, ten ermine spots (3 + 4 + 3) in the first and fourth quarters, and a red Sacred Heart in the two other quarters;
- a Gwenn-ha-Du with a red Sacred Heart at fly.
[Les drapeaux bretons de 1188 à nos jours [rau98]]

Ivan Sache, 6 January 1999

Traditionalist flag derived from the first flag of the Admiralty of Brittany - Image by Tomislav Todorović, 1st August 2026

Another flag is derived from the first flag of the Admiralty of Brittany by adding a red Sacred Heart over all. The flag is offered for sale online [Bannières de Chrétienté website] and in July 2026, a similar flag was seen in Brittany [photo on Reddit, posted on 2026-07-30], although that one was very asymmetric, with the fly arm of the cross very short (perhaps the fly was damaged and subsequently cut off), and the hoist was incompletely visible, the flag being wrapped around the staff, still the pattern was essentially the same.

Tomislav Todorović, 1st August 2026