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Places to see in ( Bayeux - France ) Eglise Saint Patrice de Bayeux
Places to see in ( Bayeux - France ) Eglise Saint Patrice de Bayeux
The St. Patrick Church is a church catholic located in Bayeux , in France. Unlike the churches Bessin high Roman domination, that of Saint-Patrice whose existence dates back to the xii th century is primarily an important place of worship in the parish of Our Lady of Bessin. By its acoustic quality, its nave is very popular with music lovers as well as choir directors.
The church is located in the French department of Calvados , in the town of Bayeux at the corner of rue Montfiquet and rue d'Eterville. The abbot Outhier was buried May 9, 1774 in the chapel of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin (south transept of the current church). The Saint-Patrice church having suffered major damage during the ransackings under the Revolution and having been rebuilt, the places of the old burials are no longer visible.
Antoine Pilon was born in Bayeux on June 24, 1664, and was baptized at Saint-Patrice Church. He died in his home in Pointe-Claire on January 21, 1715. A commemorative plaque was placed on the wall of the church on May 21, 1994 by the Pilon Association of America in memory of their ancestor .
The bell tower, the only listed element of the building is an interesting specimen of Renaissance architecture that was built between 1544 and 1549 (in 1544, according to what is engraved on the stone or in 1548 as attested by the writings) thanks to the generosity of a wealthy bourgeois of the parish, called Samson. The nave was rebuilt in the xix th century ( 1863 ) in neighboring style from the bell tower by architects Martial Pelfresne and Alphonse Delaunay.
The choir of the xvii th century with stucco of 1855 . Plates of marble in 1909 and 1925, the furniture comes largely from the former convent of Charity (current hall Saint-Patrice) whose nuns were driven out during the Revolution. Partial remains of the bench of the Empire work . Around the altar, statues of St. Charles and St. Augustine of the xviii th century. The canopy is Restoration style , it was commissioned to a sculptor Caen Douin in 1832, which was inspired by the one found in the choir of the Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Gloriette .
The large organ is erected on a tribune of 1892, it was inaugurated on December 11 , 1904 . It was used by the Benedictines and was given to the parish at the time of the spoliation of the Congregations. Directed by the Cavaillé-Coll house directed by Charles Mutin using and completing the elements of a smaller anterior organ of Joseph Merklin probably dating from the 1860s or 1870s.
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