Saint Hubert basilica
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The Basilica Saint-Hubert , also called Basilica St. Peter and Paul ( French Basilique des Saints-Pierre-et-Paul ), is a Roman Catholic parish church in Saint-Hubert , a city in the Belgian province of Luxembourg in the Wallonia region . The church of the Diocese of Namur is dedicated to St. Hubertus of Liège , whose bones were transferred here in 825 , but were lost after the abbey was closed. The church of the former abbey of St. Peter in the Ardennes (687–1797) bears the title of a minor basilica and is a protected cultural monument of Wallonia in the monument category.
history
Today's church stands on the site of a Romanesque predecessor building from the 11th century with three naves and a Gothic church from the 13th century, which was almost completely destroyed in a devastating fire in the village and abbey on November 20, 1525, just the towers stopped.
The new building was planned to be much larger and was carried out from 1526 to 1564 under the direction of three abbots: Nicolas III. de Malaise (1503–1538), his nephew Jean V. de Schennemaele (1538), both Brabant, and Remacle de Marche (1538–1564). The preserved church towers were integrated. The crypt was completed on August 18, 1560, the choir on November 16 of the same year. The vaults of the side aisles are dated to 1564 (main nave 1683).
The current facade in the classical style was created from 1700 to 1702 under Abbot Clement Lefebvre (1686-1727). It was designed by the Benedictine Bérégise as an architect and Arnold de Hontoire, a Liège sculptor and decorator. The stone relief at the top was probably created by Arnold de Hontoire. It is dominated by the statue of a saint (1986) by the sculptor Jean Willame.
During the French occupation on February 2, 1795 the property of the abbey was confiscated. On January 27, 1797, its last inhabitants were forcibly evicted and the abbey was sold in October 1797. In 1808, ten eminent citizens of Saint-Hubert acquired it for the city. The church then became a parish church in 1809. Due to inadequate repairs, major safety measures had to be carried out from 1841 onwards. During the restoration work there were neo-Gothic modifications. In 1927 Pope Pius XI. the church to the Basilica minor. The basilica was classified as a monument on February 22, 1938 and has been included in the list of outstanding properties in Wallonia since July 25, 1996.
architecture
The five-aisled basilica consists of a nave with five bays , a transept and a choir also with five bays, from whose ambulatory a chapel wreath and the side chapels extend. The high altar is raised by the crypt below. The church is 90.5 meters long and 30.5 meters wide, the main nave is around 25 meters high, and the towers are 60 meters high.
Furnishing
The general design is by Arnold de Hontoire, director of a famous sculpture school in Liège, and by Jean Delcour. The 15 meter high marble high altar from 1721 shows a Madonna and Child as well as other statues in the center. The choir stalls were completed in 1733 and show the most important episodes of the life of St. Benedict on the north side and St. Hubert on the south. The group of Evangelists by Guillaume Evrard is significant. The two-manual organ was built in 1685 by Antoine le Picard from Noyon, France. The case is said to come from Arnold de Hontoire. The organ was modified to a romantic mood in 1930 and has 44 registers.
literature
- Alain Dierkens, Jean-Marie Duvosquel, Nathalie Nys et al .: L'ancienne église abbatiale de Saint-Hubert. Namur, Ministry of the Walloon Region, 1999, 228 pages
Web links
- Basilica website (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Basilique Saints-Pierre-et-Paul on gcatholic.org
- ↑ History of the basilica (French)
- ↑ List of protected monuments (French)
Coordinates: 50 ° 1 ′ 34.2 " N , 5 ° 22 ′ 27.7" E