St-Léon IX (Nancy)

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The Church of St-Léon IX (German: St. Leo IX.) Is a neo-Gothic Catholic parish church in Nancy . Today it belongs to the parish of Saint-Jean de la Commanderie.

history

After the opening of the Paris – Nancy railway line in 1852, a new district was built west of the railway facilities, for which, at the instigation of the then Bishop of Nancy-Toul, Alexis-Basile-Alexandre Menjaud (episcopate 1844–1859), its own church and school center was planned. The parish was separated from the older parishes of St-Sébastien and St-Vincent-St-Fiacre.

The supervision was taken over by Abbé Eugène-Alexis Noël (1826–1879), the construction management lay with the architect Léon Vautrin (1820–1884). The groundbreaking ceremony took place on August 25, 1860. After completion of the nave and a provisional choir (south-west orientation), the first holy mass could be celebrated on November 10, 1862. On October 17, 1864, the north tower was completed, which received a ringing of five bells. Further work was delayed by the Franco-German War . The main altar could not be consecrated until March 23, 1874. After completion of the South Tower, the Church on April 19, 1877 by Bishop Joseph Alfred Foulon dedicated to the patronage of Pope Leo IX. (originally Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg), who had been Bishop of Toul from 1026 to 1049 .

It was not until 1902 (main portal) and 1927 (side portals) that Victor Huel (1844–1923) and Auguste Vallin (1881–1967) designed the tympana of the main facade. Overall, the church of St-Léon IX is architecturally based on the double tower facade of the St. Stephen's Cathedral in Toul .

Furnishing

In addition to the neo-Gothic marble high altar, the church houses several side altars in the same style and a wooden pulpit with images of the four evangelists. After the Second Vatican Council , the area in front of the main altar with the parish altar and ambo was redesigned by Claude Michel in 1979/1980.

The statues on the main facade at the height of the tympana show from left to right John the Baptist , St. Joseph , the Mother of God and St. Stanislaus of Cracow , the patron saint of the last Duke of Lorraine, Stanislaus I Leszczyński .

gallery

  • View to the main altar

  • Look into the dome

  • pulpit

  • Depiction of the Evangelist Luke on the pulpit

  • Our Lady Altar

  • Stained glass window depicting the miracle of Pentecost

Web links

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Coordinates: 48 ° 41 ′ 21 ″  N , 6 ° 10 ′ 18.5 ″  E