St-Paul-St-Louis (Paris)

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Exterior view of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis
Interior view of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis

Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis is a parish church built between 1627 and 1641 on Rue St. Antoine in Paris ( 4th arrondissement ). Their style corresponds to that of the Jesuit churches .

history

Piéta from Pilon

In 1619 King Ludwig XIII. gave the Jesuits the property of today's church after their premises in the Palais Rochepot had become too small. On behalf of the order, the current church was built from 1627 to 1641 as the monastery church of the Maison professe de Paris (also known as Couvent des Grands-Jésuites ) under the direction of the Jesuit architects Étienne Martellange and François Derand . They orientated themselves strongly to the mother church of the Jesuits Il Gesù in Rome.

The completed monastery church was dedicated to Saint-Louis . After the inauguration in 1641 under Cardinal Richelieu, the church, which focused in particular on the preaching of the word of God, enjoyed great popularity. From 1688 to 1698 Marc-Antoine Charpentier worked as maître de chapelle (Kapellmeister) in this church for the Jesuits . After the death of King Louis XIV in 1715, his heart was buried in the monastery church , as clergymen of the Jesuit monastery such as Father François d'Aix de Lachaise had accompanied him for many years as confessor. After the violent expulsion of the Jesuits and the abolition of the monastery under Louis XV. in 1762 the church became orphaned.

After the restoration of the Bourbons , Louis XIV's heart beaker was transferred to the cathedral of Saint-Denis . After the Concordat of 1801, the former Jesuit monastery church was given the double patronage St-Paul-St-Louis (in memory of the St-Paul-des-Champs church, which was destroyed during the revolution ) in 1802 and assumed the role of a parish church.

Architecture and interior

The church is strongly reminiscent of its model Il Gesù , but it also mixes many elements of the French building tradition, such as the dome, which is quite high at 60 m. The facade is heavily influenced by the Italian architectural style in terms of its structure and ornamentation.

Inside, the Pietá by the Renaissance sculptor Germain Pilon and a painting by Eugène Delacroix : Christ in the Olive Grove are particularly worth seeing .

organ

View of the organ

The large organ was built in 1871 by the organ builder Narcisse Martin. The instrument has 40 registers on three manuals and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are electric.

I Grand Orgue C-g 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Montre 16 ′
3. Bourdon 8th'
4th Montre 8th'
5. Prestant 4 ′
6th Duplicate 2 ′
7th Plein jeu V
8th. Cornet V
9. Bombard 16-8 ′
10. Trumpets 8th'
11. Clairon 4 ′
II positive C-g 3
12. Bourdon 8th'
13. Flute 8th'
14th Montre 8th'
15th Prestant 4 ′
16. Nasard 2 23
17th Duplicate 2 ′
18th Tierce 1 35
19th Plein jeu III
20th Trumpets 8th'
21st Clairon 4 ′
III Récit expressif C – g 3
22nd Bourdon 8th'
23. Dulciane 8th'
24. Voix céleste 8th'
25th Flûte à cheminée 4 ′
26th Fourth 2 ′
27. Sesquialtera II 2 ′
28. Plein jeu III
29 Bombarde douce 16 ′
30th Trumpets 8th'
31. Hautbois 8th'
tremolo
Pedale C – f 1
32. Soubasse 16 ′
33. Flute 16 ′
34. Bourdon 8th'
35. Flute 8th'
36. Bourdon 4 ′
37. Flute 4 ′
38. Bombard 16 ′
39. Trumpets 8th'
40. Clairon 4 ′
  • Coupling : I / II, III / II, III / I, I / P, II / P

Individual evidence

  1. Information on the organ ( Memento from February 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '16.84 "  N , 2 ° 21' 41.17"  O