Temple du Marais
Temple du Marais | ||
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Eglise Protestante Unie du Marais | ||
Style Baroque | | |
Years built | 1632-1634 | |
Specifications | ||
Dome height (inner) | 33 m (108 ft) | |
Dome diameter (inner) | 13 m (44 ft) | |
Administration | ||
Synod | Synode régional d'Île-de-France | |
Clergy | ||
Pastor(s) | Gilles Boucomont, Caroline Bretones | |
The Temple du Marais, sometimes known as the Temple Sainte-Marie, or historically, as the Church of Sainte Marie de la Visitation, is a
Catholic Convent
The Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary was founded in 1610 by Saint
Saint Vincent de Paul served as the spiritual director of the convent for twenty-eight years.[10] The church crypt, finished in 1665, was the family mausoleum of Nicolas Fouquet, Superintendent of Finances for Louis XIV, whose remains were transferred to Paris a year after his death. The church is also home to the tomb of Henri, Marquis de Sévigné, husband of noted writer Marie de Rabutin-Chantal.[11]
In 1790 during the French Revolution the convent was seized, its furniture sold, and the building converted into storage for books seized from immigrants.[clarification needed] In 1792 the sisters were expelled and the Society of Friends of the Law, led by the courtesan Theroigne de Mericourt, used the chapel for meetings. In 1796 the buildings were sold and all were later demolished apart from the chapel during the creation of the Rue Castex in 1805.[12] The Revolution left its mark on the chapel in the form of a Phrygian cap above a door.[13]
After the Revolution the sisters reconstituted their convent as the Monastère de la Visitation at 68 avenue Denfert-Rochereau where it continues to the present day.[14] The remains of the patron of the convent, Noël Brûlart de Sillery, as well as of Bishop Frémiot (Archbishop of Bourges and brother of Jane de Chantal) were removed to the new location in 1836 rather than leave them in a Protestant church.[15]
Protestant Church
After the
The church was home to the famed city planner
The building was damaged in May 1871 by fierce fighting at a barricade directly in front of the church during the
Elisée Lacheret became the pastor of the church in 1902 moving from the more
The church continues as part of the United Protestant Church of France and has experienced a great revitalization in recent years going from a handful of congregants in 2004 to 300 weekly attenders, most under the age of 40, today.[25] There are French services at 10:30am on Sundays, an African community service (in French) at 1:00pm, a Japanese service at 4:00pm, and an Arabic service at 6:00pm. The congregation also holds many activities throughout the week including prayer and Bible study groups.[26] The church is open to tourists on Saturday afternoons from 3:30-5:30pm and volunteers provide tours.[27]
See also
Gallery
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Fighting directly in front of the church on 25 May 1871 during the Paris Commune
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The church before restoration of the facade
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The door and pediment with the statues of charity (right) and religion (left) by Ernest-Eugène Hiolle
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The church illuminated at night with the spire and the toit à l'impèriale rising behind the cross-topped arch
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An art performance during Nuit Blanche 2010
References
- ^ "Evangélisation". Temple du Marais.
- ^ Salamon, Laure (September 27, 2013). "L'étonnant succès du temple du Marais". La Croix.
- ^ Pernin, Raphael (1912). "Visitation Order". The Catholic Encyclopedia. 15. New York: Robert Appleton.
- ^ Pénin, Marie-Christine. "Couvent des Filles de la Visitation Sainte-Marie de la rue Saint-Antoine". Tombes Sépultures dans les cimetières et autres lieux.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Temple du Marais ou temple Sainte-Marie (ancienne chapelle du couvent des filles de la Visitation dite église de la Visitation), Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Pernin, Raphael (1912). "Visitation Order". The Catholic Encyclopedia. 15. New York: Robert Appleton.
- ^ "Eglise Reformée du Marais". Paris Marais.
- ISBN 978-3930698967.
- ^ Pénin, Marie-Christine. "Couvent des Filles de la Visitation Sainte-Marie de la rue Saint-Antoine". Tombes Sépultures dans les cimetières et autres lieux.
- ^ "Temples in Paris: Catholic churches and other places devoted to Protestant worship after the Concordat in 1801". Musée virtuel du Protestantisme.
- ^ Pénin, Marie-Christine. "Couvent des Filles de la Visitation Sainte-Marie de la rue Saint-Antoine". Tombes Sépultures dans les cimetières et autres lieux.
- ISBN 978-3930698967.
- ^ "Temples in Paris: Catholic churches and other places devoted to Protestant worship after the Concordat in 1801". Musée virtuel du Protestantisme.
- ^ "Monastère de la Visitation". Monastic Euro.
- ^ Pénin, Marie-Christine. "Couvent des Filles de la Visitation Sainte-Marie de la rue Saint-Antoine". Tombes Sépultures dans les cimetières et autres lieux.
- ^ Paris guide par les principaux écrivains et artistes de la France. Paris: A. Lacroix , Verboeckhoven. 1867. p. 766.
temple pentemont restauration.
- ISBN 9780271050874.
- ^ "Temples in Paris: Catholic churches and other places devoted to Protestant worship after the Concordat in 1801". Musée virtuel du Protestantisme.
- ISBN 9782748151336.
- ^ "Eglise Reformée du Marais". Paris Marais.
- ^ "Paris, temple Sainte Marie". Les Orgues de France.
- ISBN 9782600010443.
- ^ "Pasteur Elisée Lacheret". Site Pasteurs.
- ^ "Un peu d'histoire sur le temple et ses pierres". Temple du Marais. 9 March 2015.
- ^ Salamon, Laure (September 27, 2013). "L'étonnant succès du temple du Marais". La Croix.
- ^ "News in English". Temple du Marais. 24 December 2006.
- ^ "Un peu d'histoire sur le temple et ses pierres". Temple du Marais. 9 March 2015.