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Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

By Jacques Ignace Hittorff, built 1220, Gothic architecture.

Architect
Jacques Ignace Hittorff
Built
1220
Style
Gothic architecture
Materials
Saint-Leu stone

The Church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois is a medieval Catholic church in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, directly across from the Louvre Palace. It was named for Saint Germanus of Auxerre, a medieval bishop of Auxerre, who became a papal envoy and met Saint Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris, on his journeys. Genevieve is reputed to have converted Queen Clotilde and her husband, French king Clovis I to Christianity at the tomb of Saint Germain in Auxerre.

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