Church of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte, Villejuif

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Church of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte
French: Église Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte de Villejuif
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Church of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte is located in Paris and inner ring
Church of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte
Church of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte
Location within Paris and the inner ring
48°47′32″N 2°21′49″E / 48.79222°N 2.36361°E / 48.79222; 2.36361Coordinates: 48°47′32″N 2°21′49″E / 48.79222°N 2.36361°E / 48.79222; 2.36361
LocationVillejuif, Val-de-Marne
Country France
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusChurch
Dedication
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeChurch
Administration
DioceseCréteil
Official nameEglise Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte
CriteriaInscrit MH
DesignatedOctober 19, 1928
Reference no.PA00079914

The Church of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte (French: église Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte) is a Roman Catholic church located in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France. It is listed as a Historic Monument.

Location[]

The church is located on the town hall square.[1] It is adjacent to the town hall.[citation needed]

History[]

The church was dedicated to and his mother , two martyrs of the 4th century. The church was founded in the 13th century and was completely renovated with dimension stone and rubbles in 1535.[2] The bell tower has the inscription "Memento mori 1549".[3]In 1870, the church was occupied by the Communards.[3]

The church was listed as a Historic Monument in 1928.[1] The organ, made by manufacturers Hippolyte Loret and Gabriel Cavaillé-Coll, is a listed monument since 1991.[4] The stained glass windows were made by .[5]The bell tower was restored from 1981 to 1988.[3]

On April 19th, 2015, a student, Sid Ahmed Ghlam, was fortuitously arrested after a murder while he was planning a shooting in the churches of Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte and during a Sunday Mass. According to the priest of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte, the arrest prevented a massacre, since 300 hundred people were present in the church on that day.[6][7] Villejuif had already been targeted by Islamist terrorist Amedy Coulibaly during the January 2015 attacks.[8]

  • The church around 1926

  • Side of the church

  • Interior

  • One of the stained glass windows

  • The martyrdom of and

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Église Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte
  2. ^ "Une histoire de Villejuif". ville-villejuif.fr (in French). Mairie de Villejuif. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Histoire de l'église St Cyr-Ste Julitte". cathovillejuif.fr (in French). Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  4. ^ Base Palissy: Orgue de tribune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  5. ^ Base Palissy: 6 verrières à personnages, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  6. ^ "Attentat déjoué à Villejuif : "On a évité un carnage..." lest-eclair.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  7. ^ "Projet d'attentat à Villejuif : "On a évité un carnage" confie le curé". midilibre.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2015-04-25.
  8. ^ "Accélération de l'enquête sur Coulibaly. Dans une vidéo posthume, il revendique l'explosion d'une voiture le 8 janvier 2015 au soir à Villejuif". Ouest-France (in French). January 11, 2015.

Bibliography[]

  • Escoda, Carlos (1999). L'église de Villejuif : Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte. Histoire et découvertes (in French). Association pour la Sauvegarder et la Rénovation de l'Orgue et de l'Église de Villejuif (ASROE).
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