The tomb of Léon (1870-1913) includes a sculpture (signed “Verlet”) of a female mourner who keeps vigil beside his tomb.
Holy Cross Cemetery also contains the remains of persons of local historical interest, including the famous inventors and builders, Amédée and Léon Bollée (grandsons of Ernest). Ernest Bollée (1814-1891), founder of the world-famous Le Mans bell foundry, which cast three bells for Father Moreau’s Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix as well as the famous carillon of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Notre Dame, USA) per request of Father Edward Sorin, csc.Magloire Tournesac, sj (1805-1875), professor of archeology and French architect who designed Our Lady of Holy Cross church.Edmond Lebouc (1833-1850), a beloved and pious student at the Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix.Abbé Louis-Jean Fillion (†1861), Father Moreau’s longtime friend and confessor, whom he first met at Château-Gontier.In addition to brothers, priests, and sisters of Holy Cross, the religious enclosure also contains the remains of friends of Holy Cross, including Bishop René Fontenelle (1895-1957), postulator for the cause for eventual canonization of Basil Moreau. Just outside the chapel entrance is the tomb of Charles Moreau (1822-1899), priest of the Diocese of Le Mans, nephew of the Father Founder and his first biographer.
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