Notre-Dame-de-Pitié (Puteaux)
The Catholic parish church of Notre-Dame-de-Pitié in Puteaux , a parish in the Hauts-de-Seine department in the French region of Île-de-France , was built in the 16th century. After years of decline, the church, which has preserved stained-glass windows from the Renaissance , was added to the list of French architectural monuments in 1975 as Monument historique .
history
In 1509, the Abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Prés approved the construction of a chapel in Puteaux, which was consecrated in 1523 by the then Bishop of Paris , François de Poncher. The chapel, originally under the parish of Suresnes , took on the patronage of Notre-Dame-de-Pitié (To Our Lady of Compassion) . As a result, the building was rebuilt and changed several times. In the 16th century, the chapel was fitted with leaded glass windows, which were recognized as Monuments historiques in 1886 . In 1718 Puteaux became an independent parish and Notre-Dame-de-Pitié became a parish church.
After the construction of the new parish church of Sainte-Mathilde in the 1930s, Notre-Dame-de-Pitié was closed for worship and left to decay. The Renaissance windows were temporarily stored in Champs-sur-Marne Castle . In the 1960s the church was supposed to be demolished, in 1975 it was decided to restore the church. Church services, baptisms and weddings as well as concerts and other cultural events have been held there again since 1985. The Renaissance windows were also restored and reinstalled.
architecture
The church is built on a rectangular floor plan. The nave has neither aisles nor a transept and opens into a polygonal apse .
Renaissance window
- Middle choir window
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Scenes from the life of St. Renatus are depicted on the central choir window. Legend has it that Renatus died as an infant and was brought back to life by the Bishop of Angers , Saint Maurilius . On the outer lower panes you can see the founder and his wife with their children. The upper disks represent the birth of St. Renatus on the right, his burial on the left and his resurrection in the middle.
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- Left choir window
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The Assumption of Mary is depicted on the left choir window . On the middle lancet, Mary, surrounded by a halo and wrapped in a cloud, floats up to heaven. Angels are shown on the side, including the apostles. The inscriptions on the two outer lancets show the year mil cinq cans cinquantehuit (1558). In the tracery you can see the Trinity . The lower disks are composed of fragments.
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- Right choir window
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The Pentecost scene is shown on the right choir window . Mary is enthroned in the middle, dressed in a blue cloak, and an open book lies in front of her. Apostles and disciples crowd around them.
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- Window 3
The Renaissance glazing of another window is only preserved in the tracery. On the side angels are depicted, in the middle is God the Father, who holds the globe in his hands and carries the papal crown on his head.
literature
- Georges Poisson (ed.): Dictionnaire des Monuments d'Île-de-France . Éditions Hervas, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84334-002-0 , p. 659.
Web links
- Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Pitié in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Four stained glass windows from the 16th century in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Three leaded glass windows: Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Pentecost scene, God the Father in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Église Notre-Dame-de-Pitié, Puteaux topic-topos (accessed February 13, 2016, French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Renatus window in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 46.2 " N , 2 ° 14 ′ 35" E