St-Sernin (Bouriège)

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St-Sernin is a Roman Catholic church in Saint-Sernin, a district of Bouriège in the Aude department in France . The church is no longer used regularly for church services.

history

The church, consecrated to Saint Saturninus of Toulouse , is essentially a Romanesque building and was mentioned on March 1, 1318 in connection with the establishment of the diocese of Alet , which was built from ceded territory of the Archdiocese of Narbonne . St-Sernin was there in a bull of Pope John XXII. referred to as a parish and subordinated to the archpriest of Haut Razès.

Probably after restoration measures after the Huguenot Wars , the church of St-Sernin presents itself today as a rectangular hall church with a straight choir closure. The west facade is completely unstructured and is supported by three buttresses . A bell gable rises above the facade. A sacristy is attached to the church in the east .

Furnishing

In the church are classified as monument historique :

  • Statue of St. Saturninus, wood, painted, 17th century
  • Grave slab of the noble Anne, 1666
  • Holy water font , 4th half of the 16th century

Individual evidence

  1. Bouriège, Patrimoine (French)
  2. Statue: Saint Sernin in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  3. ^ Dalle funéraire in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. Bénitier in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

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Coordinates: 42 ° 59 ′ 53.2 "  N , 2 ° 9 ′ 42.9"  E