Sainte-Clotilde, Paris
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"Sainte-Clotilde" redirects here. For other uses, see Sainte-Clotilde (disambiguation).
The Basilica of Saint Clotilde (Basilique Ste-Clotilde) is a basilica church located on the Rue Las Cases, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It was constructed between 1846 and 1856, and is the first example of a church in Paris in the neo-Gothic style.[1]
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Sainte-Clotilde, Paris | |
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The west front of the church | |
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48.858333°N 2.319167°E / 48.858333; 2.319167 | |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | www |
History | |
Status | Minor Basilica |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Monument historique |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1846 (1846) |
Completed | 1857 (1857) |
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Archdiocese | Paris |
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The church takes its name from Saint Clotilde, the wife of King Clovis I, the first King of the Franks. She is said to have persuaded him to convert to Christianity as a condition of their marriage in 496.[2]
The composer César Franck was organist of the church for thirty years.