Saint-Pierre-des-Arcis Church

Saint-Pierre-des-Arcis Church
Interactive map of Saint-Pierre-des-Arcis Church
LocationParis,
France
Coordinates48°21′19″N 2°20′47″E / 48.35528°N 2.34639°E / 48.35528; 2.34639
TypeChurch
Dedicated toArchdiocese of Paris
State of preservationdemolished or destroyed

Saint-Pierre-des-Arcis was a former Catholic church located on the Île de la Cité in Paris. Constructed in the 15th century, it was demolished at the end of the 18th century.

Location

The church forecourt formed a small square opening onto Rue de la Vieille-Draperief. The building was bordered on the east by Rue Saint-Pierre-des-Arcis and on the west by a passage leading to the apse of Saint-Barthélemy Church.[1][2]

  • The Church of Saint-Pierre-des-Arcis on Mérian's map.
  • The Church of Saint-Pierre-des-Arcis on Turgot's map.
  • The Church of Saint-Pierre-des-Arcis in 1754 on Delagrive's map.

History

The church was founded in 926 by Theudon, viscount of Paris, on the site of a ruined chapel dedicated to Saint Peter[3] that depended on the monastery of Saint-Éloi.[4] The origin of its name is uncertain; Arcis is commonly linked to the Latin arcisterium, meaning “monastery.”[4] A bull of Pope Innocent II refers to the church as Ecclesia Sancti Petri de Arsionibus.

In 1130, the church was established as a parish of modest size, similar to other parishes on the Île de la Cité. Its territory included houses east of Rue de la Barillerie and west of Rue de la Vieille-Draperie, with an estimated population of about one thousand inhabitants. The parish was merged with that of Saint-Martial in 1722.[5]

In 1789, during the confiscation of Church property, Saint-Pierre-des-Arcis remained one of the 52 urban parishes of the Diocese of Paris. Its priest, Abbé Roch-Damien Dubertrand, appointed in 1774,[6] declined to take the oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy[7][8] and was removed from office in January 1791.

In February 1791, a series of decrees issued by the National Constituent Assembly, following a proposal from the Paris city authorities, transferred the parish status of Saint-Pierre-des-Arcis, along with that of the other churches on the Île de la Cité,[Note 1] to Notre-Dame Cathedral.[9] The building was subsequently repurposed as a bell depot for the production of copper coinage.[3]

On 13 Ventôse Year V, the State sold the building with the requirement that the purchaser open a planned street between Rue de la Vieille-Draperie and the Seine embankments. The church was subsequently demolished, and Rue du Marché-aux-Fleurs was opened in 1812.[3]

Description

The original church comprised a nave measuring 13.5 by 6 meters, terminating in a semicircular apse and accompanied by a south aisle.[10] It was reconstructed around 1424 with a four-bay central nave flanked by two aisles, the southern aisle extending further than the northern one.[11]

Saint-Pierre Square, which adjoined the church, was replaced after 1522 by two chapels. The portal was rebuilt in 1702 by the architect Jean-François Lanchenu.[12]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The ten parish churches on the Île de la Cité are Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Germain-le-Vieux-en-la-Cité, Saint-Jean-Baptiste-Saint Denis, Saint-Landry, Saint-Pierre-aux-Arcis, Saint-Pierre-aux-Bœufs, Sainte-Croix-en-la-Cité, Sainte-Madeleine-en-la-Cité, Sainte-Marine, and Sainte-Chapelle-Basse (Abbé Delarc, Id.).

References

  1. ^ Junié, Jean (1904). Plan des paroisses de Paris avec la distinction des parties éparses qui en dépendent dressé par J. Junié, ingénieur géographe de Monseigneur l'Archevêque et géomètre des Eaux et forêts de France en 1786 [Map of the parishes of Paris, showing the scattered areas under their jurisdiction, drawn up by J. Junié, engineer-geographer to His Grace the Archbishop and surveyor for the French Water and Forestry Department in 1786] (in French). Service des Travaux historiques de la Ville de Paris.
  2. ^ Lenoir, Albert; Berty, Adolphe. Plan archéologique de Paris : feuille X [Archeological map of Paris: sheet X] (in French). Paris: Martin et Fontet. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Lazare, Félix; Lazare, Louis (1844). Dictionnaire administratif et historique des rues de Paris et de ses monuments [Administrative and historical dictionary of the streets of Paris and its monuments] (in French). pp. 221–222. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Paroisse Saint-Pierre-des-Arcis. Paris" [Saint-Pierre-des-Arcis Parish. Paris]. BnF (in French). Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  5. ^ Friedmann, Adrien (1959). Paris, ses rues, ses paroisses du Moyen Âge à la Révolution [Paris, its streets, its parishes from the Middle Ages to the Revolution] (in French). Plon. pp. 376–378.
  6. ^ Almanach Royal pour l'année 1789 [Royal Almanac for the Year 1789] (in French). Paris: Veuve d'Houry. p. 103.
  7. ^ Delarc, Abbé (1900). L'Église de Paris pendant la Révolution Française, 1789-1801 [The Church of Paris during the French Revolution, 1789-1801] (in French). Paris: Desclées de Brouwer. pp. 298–299. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  8. ^ Bossard, Clément (1791). Histoire du serment à Paris, suivi de la liste de ceux qui ne l'ont pas prêté... [History of the oath in Paris, followed by the list of those who did not take it...] (in French). Paris. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  9. ^ Pisani, P. L'Église de Paris et la Révolution [The Church of Paris and the Revolution] (in French). Paris: Picard. pp. 202–205. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  10. ^ Baud, Henri (1985). "Les églises peintes du Moyen Age en Savoie du Nord" [The painted churches of the Middle Ages in Northern Savoy]. Le Globe. Revue genevoise de géographie (in French). 125: 13–29. doi:10.3406/globe.1985.1195. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  11. ^ Séverine, Pégeot (2017). "L'architecture religieuse en Suisse romande et dans l'ancien diocèse de Genève à la fin de l'époque gothique. Développement, sources et contextes" [Religious architecture in French-speaking Switzerland and the former diocese of Geneva at the end of the Gothic period. Development, sources, and contexts]. Bulletin Monumental (in French). 175 (3): 284–285. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  12. ^ Bos, Agnès (2003). Autour de Notre-Dame de Paris. Chapitre Saint-Pierre des Arcis [Around Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Saint-Pierre des Arcis Chapter] (in French). Paris: Action artistique de la Ville de Paris. p. 131. ISBN 2-913246-47-8.
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