Church Saint Etienne Du Mont
48 50'47 .5 "N 2 20'53" E / 48.846528, 2.34806
| Church Saint-Etienne-du-Mont | ||
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| Overview of the building | ||
| Contact | 48 50 '47.5 "North 2 20 '53 "East / 48.846528, 2.34806 | |
| Country |  France | |
| Region | Ile-de-France | |
| Department | Paris | |
| City | Paris 5th district | |
| Worship | Roman Catholic | |
| Type | Parish Church | |
| Attached to | Archdiocese of Paris | |
| Construction begins | 1494 | |
| Work Completed | 1624 | |
| Style (s) dominating (s) | Gothic Renaissance | |
| Protection |  Rated MH ( 1862 ) | |
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The church of Saint-Etienne-du-Mont is a church located on the Montagne Sainte-Genevieve , in the fifth arrondissement of Paris , close to the Lyce Henri-IV and the Pantheon. It is the subject of a classification as historic monuments by the list of 1862 History The church of Saint-Etienne-du-Mont originated in the abbey of Sainte-Genevieve , where the eponymous saint had been buried in the sixth century. Abbey through attracting a crowd of laity in his service, a chapel is their first affected in the crypt. Devoted to the Virgin Mary , then to St. John Apostle , the place is too small to accommodate all the faithful. In 1222 , Pope Honorius III authorizes the establishment of an autonomous church, which is devoted this time to St Etienne , then the patron saint of the old cathedral of Paris was also the site of Notre Dame. Soon, the new building is overwhelmed by a population increasingly dense: the Sorbonne and many colleges are located on the territory of the parish. It was expanded in 1328 , but a complete reconstruction becomes necessary in the fifteenth century. In 1492 , the monks Gnovfains donate a portion of their land for the construction of the new church. This involves several steps, giving the current building aspect composite. Under the direction of architect Stephen Viguier, the apse and the bell is sketched in 1494 , the first two bells were cast in 1500. The chorus , vintage gothic flamboyant, was completed in 1537 and the following year, it was the turn of the frame to be raised. The loft is built around 1530 - 1535. In 1541 , Guy, Bishop of Megara, blesses the altar of the chapel 's apse. The same year, the parish awards contracts for stained glass and statues from Parisian artisans. The nave , antique Renaissance , is not hunched before 1584. The first stone of the facade is laid in 1610 by Marguerite de Valois , who has agreed to do so in a personal donation of 3000 pounds. The church was dedicated on 25 February 1626 by Jean-Francois de Gondi , first archbishop of Paris, uncle of Cardinal de Retz. Nevertheless, developments continue: in 1636 , it installs the organ, the work of Pierre Pescheur factor whose buffet is directed by Jean Buron. In 1651 , a new pulpit was installed. It also adjusts for the local wardens and housing for the priests. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the church of Saint-Etienne-du-Mont enjoys great prestige. It was the scene of great processions where the shrine of Sainte-Genevieve went to Notre Dame and subsequently returned to his church. It also houses the remains of Pierre Perrault , the father of the author of Tales of the painter Eustache Le Sueur and Pascal. Those of Racine and Isaac de Sacy Lemaistre are also transferred in 1711 from Port-Royal in Saint-Etienne. Under the French Revolution , the church was first closed and then turned into a "Temple of Filial Piety." Catholic worship was restored in 1801 , benefiting from the arrangement. The following year, the demolition of the abbey church of Sainte-Genevieve Abbey and the breakthrough of the Rue Clovis make St. Stephen a building independently. Under the Second Empire , the church was restored by Victor Baltard : the front is raised and the statues destroyed by the revolutionaries, are returned. Baltard also built the chapel of catechisms. The nineteenth century was marked by many events. January 10, 1805 , Pope Pius VII celebrates Mass in the church. In 1833 , Frederic Ozanam , a parishioner of St. Stephen, founded with friends the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. On 3 January 1857 , Bishop Sibur , archbishop title, is assassinated with cries of "Down with the goddesses! "Prohibited by the priest Jean-Louis Verger , opposed to the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. A plaque at the entrance to the nave marks the grave where the prelate, who was to inaugurate the novena of St. Genevieve. The occultist Eliphas Levi is indirectly involved in this tragic event and indeed the story in one of his books. 23 August 1997 , Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass there during the visit to Paris on the occasion of World Youth Days. Today the church is characterized by its curved axis of the nave to the transept , the choir screen of finely carved stone Biart by the Father ( 1545 ) (the latter existing in Paris), his chair drawn by Laurent de La Hyre and sculpted by Claude Lestocart and its organ case ( 1631 ) (the oldest in the capital). The church also contains the shrine containing the relics of St. Genevieve until 1793 (when they were thrown in the sewer), the tomb of Blaise de Vigenere , of Blaise Pascal , of Racine , and Bishop Sibur. Huysmans described it in The Road ( 1895 ) as one of the most beautiful churches in Paris. The buffet , built by John Buron in 1630 , is considered a masterpiece of carpentry. The organ itself is Peter Pescheur and date of 1634. The organ was severely damaged in 1760 during a violent fire. Vincent Warnier and Thierry Escaich are organists today. This instrument was also the platform of the famous composer Maurice Durufle and his wife Marie-Madeleine Durufle. It was in this church that Eugene de Rastignac attends only to the Mass said for the funeral of Jean-Joachim Goriot in Goriot of Honore de Balzac. "Rastignac and Christophe accompanied only with two gravediggers, the tank that led the poor man in Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, church not far from the Rue Neuve-Sainte-Genevieve . " Joris-Karl Huysmans mentions the choir of Saint-Etienne-du-Mont in his autobiographical novel On the Road. 
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