Notre-Dame de Kerbader (; ) is a chapel in the commune of Fouesnant, Brittany in northwest France. The chapel is also known as "Our Lady of the Snows" (from the Breton ) or "Our Lady of Mercy" (). It was built on the site of an earlier church, between the 17th and 18th centuries, to a cruciform floorplan.

In 1792, during the against the revolutionary government of the Legislative Assembly, a group of armed farmers gathered at the church. The group were defeated by the National Guard and its leader captured, tried and guillotined at Quimper in 1793.

Notre-Dame de Kerbader

The building was renovated in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, with new stained glass windows unveiled in 2009. Next to the church stands a cross, Croix de Kernoac'h, which was renovated in 2004. Also nearby is a holy well, La fontaine de Kerbader, at which an annual pardon ceremony traditionally takes place during August.

Notre-Dame de Kerbader

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Les Amis de Kerbader

Churches in Finistère

Shrines to the Virgin Mary

Notre-Dame de Kerbader