Saint Vincent de Paul Chapel

Saint Vincent de Paul Chapel is a Catholic church in Paris, France's 6th arrondissement, 95 rue de Sèvres. It is dedicated to the French saint Vincent de Paul (1581–1660) where his remains are venerated in a silver reliquary (made by Charles Odiot)^[1] above the main altar.

History[edit]

This chapel is a church of the Vincentians, founded by Vincent de Paul in 1625 and relocated here in 1817 rue de Sèvres, after being expelled from their mother house of Saint-Lazare by the French Revolution.^[2]

To honour their founder, the Vincentians built this chapel in order to shelter his relics. The first stone was laid on 17 August 1826. The chapel was consecrated on 1 November 1827 by Archbishop de Quélen.^[3] It was restored in 1983 and 1992. It was registered in the Monument historiques on 27 March 1994.

The tomb of another Vincentian saint, Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, can be found as well in the chapel.

Notes[edit]

^ Guide of the chapel
^ Agnès Chauvin: La Chapelle de l'ancienne prison Saint-Lazare; in In Situ; n# 11; July 2009.
^ History

External links[edit]

48°50′56″N 2°19′18″E / 48.8488°N 2.3218°E / 48.8488; 2.3218

[1] Guide of the chapel

[2] Agnès Chauvin: La Chapelle de l'ancienne prison Saint-Lazare; in In Situ; n# 11; July 2009.

[3] History

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