St-Cyr-Ste-Julitte (Volnay)

Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte church

Bell tower

The Catholic parish church of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte in Volnay , a municipality in the Côte-d'Or department in the French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté , was built in the 14th century. The church is dedicated to St. Quiricus and his mother Julitta , who were martyred in Asia Minor in the 4th century . In 1925 the church was added to the list of architectural monuments in France as a Monument historique .

architecture

Exterior construction

The bell tower covered with a gable roof rises between the square choir and the nave . The bell storey of the tower is pierced on all four sides by coupled sound arcades . The choir and nave are supported by strong buttresses. A portal framed by archivolts is cut into a narrow porch between two buttresses on the west facade . The tympanum is adorned except for a small, badly damaged relief.

South portal

The portal on the south facade is framed by two narrow columns with capitals . A three-pass arch frames the tympanum, on which a Maltese cross made of open rings is depicted in the middle , a five-petalled blossom at the top and the crescent moon and the sun to the side. An arched archivolt runs above the portal and rests on consoles carved with heads . The sculptures above the portal are reminiscent of the patron saints of the church, St. Julitta and her son Quiricus, who stand on a pedestal under a canopy and hold palm fronds in their hands as a sign of their martyrdom.

console
South portal
console

inner space

The nave has three aisles , the main nave and the side aisles are covered with ribbed vaults. The ribs of the vault rest on consoles that are decorated with heads and grimaces. Reliefs and inscriptions are carved into the vault keystones .

Keystone
Keystone
console
console

Leaded glass window

Martyrdom of Quiricus and Julitta

The stained glass windows of the church were made in 1880 by the glass painter Joseph Besnard . They depict Christ on the cross and as the Good Shepherd , as well as John the Baptist , St. Clare of Assisi , the Holy Family and St. Dominic receiving the rosary from Mary . A window commemorates the martyrdom of the two church patrons Quiricus and Julitta.