Saint-André-des-Arts (Paris)

The Saint-André-des-Arts church (previously also spelled Saint-André-des-Arcs and Saint-André-des-Ars ) was a church in the 6th arrondissement in Paris . It stood where the Place Saint-André-des-Arts is today.

history

The church was built from 1210 to 1212 in the Clos du Laas district (the strip of land south of the Seine between the Pont Saint-Michel and the western city wall on the Tour de Nesle ), which is why it was initially called Saint-André-de-Laas . According to tradition, it was a replacement for an ancient chapel, but no traces of it have been found. Until 1345, Saint-André was under the patronage of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and was then assigned to the University of Paris that year . In 1401, the newly founded Confrèrie Saint-Jean chose l'Evangéliste des Libraires Saint-André as their church.

Although Saint-André-des-Arts was completely rebuilt in 1660, it was already very dilapidated at the beginning of the revolution . Nevertheless, it was made a Temple de la Raison , a church of the revolutionary substitute religion, as well as a meeting place for a revolutionary club. It was later sold and finally demolished in 1807.

Baptisms, weddings, funerals

• 4th July 1545: Baptism of François Paré, son of Ambroise Paré and Jeanne Maselin
• December 21, 1548: Jean Dorat and Marguerite de Laval married
• October 8, 1553: Jacques Auguste de Thou is baptized
• Burial of Charles Dumoulin († 1566)
• Burial of Ambroise Paré († December 20, 1590)
• Burial of Jacques Auguste de Thou († 1617)
• Burial of André Duchesne († May 30, 1640)
• April 3, 1659: marriage of Charles d'Artagnan de Batz-Castelmore and Anne Charlotte de Champlecy
• Burial of Pierre d'Hozier († December 1, 1660)
• Burial of Robert Nanteuil († December 9, 1678)
• November 22, 1694: Baptism of François-Marie Arouet, called Voltaire
• Burial of Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont († January 10, 1698)
• Burial of Louis Cousin († February 16, 1707)
• Burial of Henri d'Aguesseau († September 17, 1716)
• Funeral of Antoine Houdar de la Motte († December 26, 1731)
• September 12, 1786: marriage of Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne and Anne Angélique Doye

Rue Saint-André-des-Arts

The street of the same name belonging to the church of Saint-André-des-Art formerly led from the church to Rue de la Huchette and into the Latin Quarter. It was built over when the Boulevard Saint-Michel and the houses there were built. Today the Rue Saint-André des Arts leads from the Place to the west to the Rue de Buci and to Saint-Germain, displacing the name of Rue Saint-Germain.

literature

• Emile Raunié: Epitaphier du vieux Paris. 3rd volume. Impr. Nat., Paris 1890–1901.
• Germain Brice: Description of the nouvelle de la ville de Paris. Volume III, 107, p. 227.

Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 11 "  N , 2 ° 20 ′ 34"  E