Sehr imposant sind die Bleiglassfenster, die aus der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts stammen und die Tatsache, dass die Kirche drei Schiffe, die durch Spitzbogen-Arkaden verbunden sind hat, aber kein Querschiff, außerdem ist sie leicht zu übersehen, da sie in einen Straßenzug eingepasst ist, statt allein zu stehen.
It’s kind of all-churches-in-one-day day, that means on our more or less target-oriented way through the city we go and see every church crossing our path, for instance the catholic church of Saint Ägidius, who was a merchant first, an eremite later and an abbot in South France and he is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Holy_Helpers). The church was built on a road from the Île de la Cité to the royal burial ground at church Saint Denis and is one of the few churches still remains from that time. A chapel have been there since the 12th century, soon the building was too small, had been enlarged, got a second patron, St. Lupus (Loup or Leu) of Sens, who was bishop there in the 7th century, did suffer from the French Revolution, became a grocery warehouse and was too huge when Haussmann did redesigned Paris, the three apsis diols and the ambulatory had to go. 1915 it was declared as historical monument and a Mary’s chapel had been attached and a presbytery.
Very impressive are the stained glass windows, created in the second half of the 19th century and that the church got three naves, connected by pointed arch arcades, but no transept and it’s easy to oversee, because it’s blended into the line of houses at the street instead of standing alone.
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