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Patrimoine & Culture
Église Saint-Antoine
📍 Bar-le-Duc, Meuse
· Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 55000 Bar-le-Duc
À propos
14th century-
Founded by Duke Robert the Magnificent in the new district he had just created to the east of the Bourg on the ?Pré-Dieu? site, the Augustinian convent received rich endowments enabling it to enlarge and embellish its church on several occasions. After the Revolution and the demise of the convent, the church became the seat of the parish of Saint-Antoine.
In 1371, Duke Robert called upon the hermits of Saint Augustin, already present in the diocese, to occupy the convent he had just founded in this district created ex-nihilo on marshy land. Built between 1372 and 1376, the church features a single rib-vaulted nave and a pentagonal choir supported on the outside by buttresses. Fine wall paintings, notably depicting the patron saints of the Duke and his wife Marie de France, granddaughter of Saint Louis, were uncovered during the 19th and 20th centuries. The bell tower, formerly built in the middle of the nave, was moved to its southern end in the 19th century. On either side of the church were the cloister to the east and the monks? cemetery to the west.
Very soon after its foundation, a large number of inhabitants of the Bourg and Neuve-ville areas adopted this new place of worship, abandoning the Notre-Dame parish church located outside the ramparts. By the early 15th century, the nave had to be extended by three bays, spanning the Canal des Usines and opening onto the former Rue des Étuves. A growing number of pious donations enabled the construction of five side chapels. The Notre-Dame de Pitié chapel, built outside the building along the apse, was the object of pilgrimage before its destruction in the 18th century.
During the Wars of Religion, the monastic order was the subject of heated debate. Jean Chastelain and Augustin Le Morlorat attempted to introduce the Lutheran reform. In the 17th century, the order underwent reform and new growth. The chapel of Saint Jean-Baptiste dates from this period, remarkable for its vaulting decorated with caissons painted with the arms of its sponsors. In 1640, the Notre-Dame de Lorette chapel was built, with its oculus dome allowing abundant light to penetrate.
Founded by Duke Robert the Magnificent in the new district he had just created to the east of the Bourg on the ?Pré-Dieu? site, the Augustinian convent received rich endowments enabling it to enlarge and embellish its church on several occasions. After the Revolution and the demise of the convent, the church became the seat of the parish of Saint-Antoine.
In 1371, Duke Robert called upon the hermits of Saint Augustin, already present in the diocese, to occupy the convent he had just founded in this district created ex-nihilo on marshy land. Built between 1372 and 1376, the church features a single rib-vaulted nave and a pentagonal choir supported on the outside by buttresses. Fine wall paintings, notably depicting the patron saints of the Duke and his wife Marie de France, granddaughter of Saint Louis, were uncovered during the 19th and 20th centuries. The bell tower, formerly built in the middle of the nave, was moved to its southern end in the 19th century. On either side of the church were the cloister to the east and the monks? cemetery to the west.
Very soon after its foundation, a large number of inhabitants of the Bourg and Neuve-ville areas adopted this new place of worship, abandoning the Notre-Dame parish church located outside the ramparts. By the early 15th century, the nave had to be extended by three bays, spanning the Canal des Usines and opening onto the former Rue des Étuves. A growing number of pious donations enabled the construction of five side chapels. The Notre-Dame de Pitié chapel, built outside the building along the apse, was the object of pilgrimage before its destruction in the 18th century.
During the Wars of Religion, the monastic order was the subject of heated debate. Jean Chastelain and Augustin Le Morlorat attempted to introduce the Lutheran reform. In the 17th century, the order underwent reform and new growth. The chapel of Saint Jean-Baptiste dates from this period, remarkable for its vaulting decorated with caissons painted with the arms of its sponsors. In 1640, the Notre-Dame de Lorette chapel was built, with its oculus dome allowing abundant light to penetrate.
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