Collegiate Church of St. Julien

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View from the west side

The Collegiate Church of St. Julien is a church building of the Catholic community in Tournon-sur-Rhône on Place St Julien. It dates back to the 14th century and changed affiliation twice during the wars of religion in France. The church is located in the old city center and has been a listed building since 1996 .

history

The church building in Gothic flamboyant style goes back to a small Romanesque chapel that was here in the 11th century. The sacred building made of limestone and field stones was raised to the rank of collegiate church when it was inaugurated on June 16, 1316 and was given the name of Saint Julien de Brioude . During the wars of religion the church became Protestant - from 1563 to 1579. From June 7, 1794 it was the Temple of the Supreme Being ("Temple de l'Etre Suprême"), in 1795 St. Julien became Catholic again and has remained so to this day .

In 1963/1964 the church building was comprehensively restored under the direction of the city architect Jean Roche. In 2002 the parish of St. Julien merged with the parish of St. Lucas from Viviers zu St. Luc and thus belongs to the local episcopate.

description

The naves

The long rectangular church consists of the church main nave and side aisles, in which there are numerous chapels that either belong to families from Tournon or brotherhoods . To name are u. a. Chapels of St Jean Français Régis and François II de Tournon . The equipment of the church building includes (selection):

  • a west tower with bells ,
  • a bell from 1486 (no longer placed in the tower, but in the entrance area),
  • a carved statue of the Carmelite Father St. Albert from the 17th century
  • Altar of the Notre Dame de la Montaigu;
    It is a wooden representation of the Virgin Mary from the Belgian town of Montaigu , which the Capuchins of Tournon received in the year of the Great Plague. The statue is the center of an annual thanksgiving procession on November 21st.
  • Oil painting titled The Redeemer , The Raising of the Cross , The Resurrection (1645, around 1700),
  • several gilded wooden statues, including that of St Louis de Gonzagues from the 19th century,
  • a sacrament chapel,
  • Chapel of the Pietà with a copy of a painting by Carracci from the 17th century,
  • a 15th century triptych in the Florentine school,
  • a terracotta statue with the representation of the namesake,
  • the baptistery with an octagonal stone baptismal font ,
  • the wooden pulpit from the 17th century, decorated with statuettes of the four evangelists ,
  • an organ on the gallery,
  • a funerary chapel in honor of St. Sebastian , St. Eutropius and the Adoration of the Shepherds; 17th century

The choir can be reached from the main nave via three steps and contains the altar . Here you can see an oil painting with the crucifixion group . The naves are not separated by columns, as usual, but by pillars in the shape of a pointed arch. The church interior is closed off by a wooden coffered ceiling .

Web links

Commons : Stiftskirche St. Julien  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Church of St. Julien on the official list of monuments , as of July 2012
  2. ↑ Inspection in June 2012: regarding bell, pointed arches, ceiling

Coordinates: 45 ° 4 ′ 6 ″  N , 4 ° 49 ′ 50.9 ″  E