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The Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ de pʁe]) is a Catholic parish church located in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter of Paris. It was originally the church of a Benedictine abbey founded in 558 by Childebert I, the son of Clovis, King of the Franks.
Its presence displeased the authorities of the neighboring Collége des Quatres-Nations (the present Institut de France) and in 1689 they moved again, this time to the rue des Fossés des Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés (the modern rue de l'Ancienne‑Comédie), where they remained until 1770. The poor condition of the theater roof forced them to ...
Église Saint-Ferdinand-des-Ternes Église Saint-François-de-Sales (Paris) Église Saint-Joseph-des-Épinettes Église Saint-Michel des Batignolles Eglise Sainte-Odile; The Sacré-Cœur Basilica (18th arr't) 18th arrondissement: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre; Basilique Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
Saint-Germain-des-Prés (abbey) Saint-Germain-des-Prés: Romanesque/Gothic (consecrated 1133) Originally the church of a Benedictine abbey founded in the 6th century, by Childebert. I, the son of Clovis, King of the Franks. The first church was destroyed by the Vikings and rebuilt.
It serves the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighbourhood on the Rive Gauche in the 6th arrondissement. It is named after Place Saint-Germain and the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, dedicated on 23 December 558 by the son of Clovis, Childebert I (ruled 511–558), at the request of St. Germain, Bishop of Paris. Childebert died the same day and was ...
The oldest work on display in the chapel is a statue of the patron saint of the church, Saint Germain of Auxerre, dating from 13rh century. Nearby is a statue of Saint Mary of Egypt, from the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century. The figure depicts her clothed only with her long hair, and holding three loaves of bread, which ...