Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours
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The Catholic parish church of Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) was built in the neo-Gothic style at the end of the 19th century and bears the title of a minor basilica . It is located at 55, boulevard de Ménilmontant in the 11th arrondissement of Paris . The nearest metro station is Père Lachaise on lines 2 and 3 . The building has no facade, but can only be reached from the Boulevard de Ménilmontant through a passage through a residential building.
history
In the 19th century, the neighborhood bordering the Père Lachaise cemetery saw a large increase in population due to the immigration of workers from eastern France. In 1872 a first chapel was built, dedicated to St. Hippolytus was consecrated. In 1874 the chapel received a copy of an icon venerated as Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours ( Image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help ) and the building was placed under the Redemptorist Order .
Between 1892 and 1896 a new church was built according to the plans of the Redemptorist brother Gérard. After the Redemptorists left the church to the Archdiocese of Paris in 1960 , it became a parish church. On June 27, 1966 the church was opened by Pope Paul VI. elevated to the status of a minor basilica under the patronage of Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours.
architecture
A 67 meter high turret towers over the church. Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours is a three-aisled basilica with a transept . Its plan is a Latin cross . The interior is divided into three floors and covered with a ribbed vault. The yokes of the nave are each divided into two pointed arcades that separate the central nave from the side aisles. Columns and pillars are provided with capitals , which are decorated with figurative scenes and floral motifs and bear inscriptions with texts from the litany of Mary . A blend triforium runs around the nave and the choir .
Leaded glass window
In the clerestory , large open lancet , the 1974 by Marcelle Lecamp were created (1910-2000). They represent the elect who will praise God day and night after the Apocalypse .
Furnishing
In the transept there is a reclining figure of Alfonso Maria de Liguori (1696–1787), the founder of the Redemptorist Congregation. A copy of the Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours icon is also on display in the transept , the original of which is attributed to the Evangelist Luke . This original is said to have been destroyed in a fire in 1453. In 1469, a copy of this 9th century icon was found in Crete and is now kept in the church of Sant'Alfonso all'Esquilino in Rome . The icon shows Mary with the baby Jesus and the archangels Gabriel and Michael holding the instruments of suffering .
organ
The organ is one of the largest organs in Paris. It was built by the Dargassies organ builder and the Manufacture Vosgienne de Grandes Orgues using organ parts from the Paris churches of Saint-Ferdinand-des-Ternes and Saint-Georges and inaugurated in 2004.
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literature
- Georges Brunel, Marie-Laure Deschamps-Bourgeon, Yves Gagneux: Dictionnaire des Églises de Paris . Éditions Hervas, Paris 2000 (1st edition 1995), ISBN 2-903118-77-9 , p. 170.
- Aline Dumoulin, Alexandra Ardisson, Jérôme Maingard, Murielle Antonello: Paris. D'Église en Église . Éditions Massin, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-7072-0583-4 , pp. 238-239.
Web links
- Official website of the parish of Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours (French) ( Memento of March 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Organ of Dargassies (French)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 42.1 ″ N , 2 ° 23 ′ 13 ″ E