According to legend, it lived in the arena of the Roman amphitheater in Metz, France. D’un premier signe de croix, il fit fuir tous les serpents. The legend states that the Graoully, along with countless other snakes, inhabited the local Roman amphitheater.

Saint Clément ne broncha pas, il fixa froidement le monstre dans les yeux et étendit la main.

In the 3rd century, a monstrous dragon with a ferocious appetite decimated the young people of Metz. In the It was a monstrous, hideous effigy, terrifying for small children, with eyes bigger than the stomach, and a head bigger than the rest of the body, with horrific, wide jaws and many teeth which were made to clash by the use of a cord, making terrible noises as if the dragon of Saint Clement was actually in Metz.During the 18th century, bakers gave the dragon a small loaf of white bread, while on the last day of Seal of the Saint Clement abbey during the 14th century Clément de Metz est réputé être le premier évêque de Metz, qui portait, encore à lépoque, le nom de Divodurum.

Saint-Clément dompte Graoully et christianise la ville "Les habitants étaient terrorisés. Saint Clément se rendit dans l’amphithéâtre où le Graoully régnait en maître sur une faune de serpents. Clement of Metz, like many other saints, is the hero of a legend in which he is the vanquisher of a local dragon. Le Graoully (parfois écrit Graouli, Graouilly, Graouilli ou Graully) est un animal mythique à l'apparence d'un dragon, vivant dans l'arène de l'amphithéâtre de Metz, qui aurait dévasté la ville avant dêtre chassé par le saint Clément de Metz, premier évêque de la ville au IIIe siècle. In the legend of Saint Clement it is called the Graoully or Graouilly. D’un … Il serait arrivé de Rome vers 280, raison pour laquelle l'Église de Metz se considère l'une des plus anciennes parmi les Églises de France.1 Graoully page1 Publié dans (Dans la gueule du dragon, histoire, ethnologie, littérature) sous la direction de Jean Marie Privat, Sarreguemines, Éd.Pierron, 2000 Pierre-Edouard WAGNER Du dragon de saint-Clément au Graoully carnavalesque Depuis le XII Saint Clement saved the city from the monster and the snakes that lived with it in the old Roman amphitheatre, by drowning them in the Seille. Legends state that Saint Clement of Metz fought against Graoully and vanquished the beast. Also, the major abbey in Metz, now home to the Clement may have actually arrived at Metz at the end of the 3rd century,The Graoully quickly became a symbol of the town of Metz and can be see in numerous demonstrations of the city, since the 10th century. Cette légende représentait la destruction des religions païennes par le christianisme. Clément de Metz, Window by Hermann de Munster, 14th century, Cathedral of Metz This has been attributed to the myth that the dragon and the large The legend of St. Clement inspired several other legends of It was a monstrous, hideous effigy, terrifying for small children, with eyes bigger than the stomach, and a head bigger than the rest of the body, with horrific, wide jaws and lots of teeth which were made to clash by the use of a cord, making terrible noises as if the dragon of Saint Clement was actually in Metz.The construction of the effigy continued to evolve and in the 18th century, it was constructed as a canvas figure filled with hay and twelve feet high.The jaws did not move, and the A number of writers have stated that the legend of the Graoully is a symbol of The Graoully of Metz, Horace Castelli, oil on canvas, 1872 Statuette de Saint-Clément liant le Graoully à son étole, 16e siècle Sacré Paul Diacre ! In French folklore, the Graoully (spelled as Graouli, Graouilly, Graouille or Graully) is a creature with the appearance of a dragon. Le Graoully, surpris, parut hésiter, figé sur place, incapable de mouvements. It is believed that the word Graoully derives from the French word "grouiller" meaning "swarm".
After converting the local inhabitants to Christianity after they agreed to do so in return for ridding them of th… Alors, Saint Clément, retira l’étole qu’il portait et la lança au cou du monstre. The snakes’ breath had so poisoned the area that the inhabitants of the town were effectively trapped in the town. Another legend associated with Clement states that a The celebration of Saint Clement of Metz is the November, 23.

The Graoully.