Ste-Clotilde (Paris)

Sainte-Clotilde

The Sainte-Clotilde Basilica is a Catholic parish church on rue Las Cases in the 7th arrondissement of Paris . It was built between 1846 and 1856 by François-Chrétien Gaud and Théodore Ballu . The church of St. Clotilde and Saint Valeria Limoges ordained .

Building history

Preconditions, environment

The church was planned in neo-Gothic style, as an imitation of a Rhenish cathedral from the 14th century. Therefore, the plans in Paris were also feuded for a long time. To build a church in the style of a German cathedral in a country that invented Gothic itself seemed absurd. Interest in the Gothic revived in France from around 1770. This originally sacred style was used for all construction projects, including of course for new churches.

The heyday of this so-called "Troubadour Gothic" was in the First Empire of Napoleon. This architectural style was changed during the restoration due to archaeological investigations. This was mainly driven by Arcisse de Caumont, Guizot, Vitet and Mérimée. The restoration of the Sainte-Chapelle in 1838 and the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in 1845 by Lassus and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc fell into this period .

execution

Due to this special art-historical situation, the designs of the architect Théodore Ballu, who designed the facade and the spiers in particular , were implemented despite all concerns about the German models. The church was consecrated in 1857 and in 1897 by Pope Leo XIII. raised to the minor basilica . It is 96 meters long and 38 meters wide, and its towers are 70 meters high.

Furnishing

The statue of St. Clotilde on the neo-Gothic facade was created by Charles Henri Joseph Cordier , who tended to have an exotic style, in a classic-romantic style.

Inside the church there are windows by Émile Thibaud (1806–1896), paintings by Jules Eugène Lenepveu , statues by James Pradier , Francisque Joseph Duret , Eugène Guillaume and Paul Gayrard . Goudji designed the altar in 2007.

organ

Cavaillé-Coll organ from 1859

The main organ of the church was built in 1859 by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll . In 1933 the sound of the instrument was changed by Beuchet-Debierre from Nantes. In 1962, the same organ building company electrified the action, expanded the range of the keyboard and developed the sound in the direction of neo-classical music. In the course of the last revision by Bernard Dargassies (2004) was u. a. a Chamaden register installed and a mobile electric gaming table set up.

I Grand-Orgue C-c 4 Montre 16 ′ Bourdon 16 ′ Montre 08th' Bourdon 08th' Flûte harmonique0 08th' Viol 08th' Prestant 04 ′ Flûte douce 04 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Duplicate 02 ′ Plein-jeu VI Cornet V Bombard 16 ′ Trumpets 08th' Clairon 04 ′ Chamade 08th'

II positive C – c 4 Bourdon 16 ′ Montre 08th' Bourdon 08th' Flûte harmonique0 08th' Salicional 08th' Unda maris 08th' Fifth 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Prestant 04 ′ Flûte octaviante 04 ′ Tierce 3 1 ⁄ 5  ′ Septième 2 2 ⁄ 7  ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Duplicate 02 ′ Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Piccolo 01' Plein-jeu III-VI Trumpets 08th' Clarinet 08th' Clairon 04 ′ Tremblant

III Récit expressif C – c 4 Quintaton 16 ′ Cor de nuit 08th' Flûte traversière 08th' Viol 08th' Voix céleste 08th' Principal 04 ′ Flûte octaviante 04 ′ Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octavine 02 ′ Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Fifre 01' Plein-jeu IV Bombard 16 ′ Trumpets 08th' Voix humaine 08th' Basson-hautbois0 08th' Cor de basset 08th' Clairon 04 ′ Chamade 08th' Tremblant

Pedale C – g 1 Soubasse 32 ′ Contrebasse 16 ′ Bourdon 16 ′ Fifth 10 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Bass 08th' Flute 08th' Octave 04 ′ Flute 04 ′ Flute 02 ′ Contre bombarde0 32 ′ Bombard 16 ′ Basson 16 ′ Trumpets 08th' Clairon 04 ′ Chamade 08th' Chamade 04 ′

• Pairing :
  • Accouplements: Pos./GO, Réc. / GO, Réc. / Pos. en 16 ′, 8 ′ and 4 ′.
  • Tirasses : GO / Péd, Pos./Péd, Réc. en 8 '/ Péd et Réc. en 4 '/ Péd.
• Playing aids : Combinateur, Tutti, Crescendo, Coupure pédale.

Your titular organists were:

• 1859–1890: César Franck
• 1890–1898: Gabriel Pierné
• 1898–1939: Charles Tournemire
• 1939–1942: Flor Peeters
• 1942–1944: Joseph-Ermend Bonnal
• 1945–1987: Jean Langlais
• 1987–1993: Jacques Taddei and Pierre Cogen
• 1993–2012: Jacques Taddei
• since 2012: Olivier Penin

Pastor of Sainte-Clotilde

Chronological order of pastors:

• L'Abbé Hamelin, 1857-1883
• Mgr. Gardey, 1883-1914
• Le Chanoine Verdrie, 1914-1946
• Le Chanoine Hubert, 1946–1974
• L'Abbé Caryl-Kamnitzer, 1974–1986
• Le Chanoine Choné, 1986-1992
• L'Abbé Maillard de la Morandais, 1992-1995
• Mgr. Antoine de Vial, 1995-2003
• Le Père Matthieu Rougé, September 2003–2012
• Le Père Laurent Stalla-Bourdillon, since September 2012

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 , pp. 667-668.
• Aline Dumoulin, Alexandra Ardisson, Jérôme Maingard, Murielle Antonello: Paris D'Église en Èglise . Éditions Massin, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-7072-0583-4 , pp. 177-180.

Web links

Commons : Ste-Clotilde (Paris)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Internet presence of the parish (French)
• Private website on the history of the basilica (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} {{Web archive | url = | archive-is = 20130201223455 | text = description of the church (French)}}
2. ^ History of the "Troubadour Gothic" and pictures of the church
3. ^ Karl Woermann: History of art of all times and peoples , Volume 3, 1. French art from 1848 to around 1905. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig, p. 237 ff.

Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '30.7 "  N , 2 ° 19' 9.6"  E