Église Saint-Pholien de Liège, Gothic Revival parish church in Outremeuse, Belgium.
Église Saint-Pholien is a brick basilican cross-shaped church in Gothic Revival style, built in 1914 by architect Edmond Jamar at Boulevard de la Constitution 1 in Outremeuse. It has three naves over five bays, a transept, a three-sided apse and a square tower topped by a four-sided slate spire. The interior is covered by cross vaults.
The original foundation dates to 1189 when Eustache des Prez established a religious site near the Meuse riverbank. The present building arose in 1914 from architect Edmond Jamar's redesign, following the demolition of the earlier structure with a contemporary approach to Gothic Revival aesthetics.
The church keeps two statues tied to local devotion: a 14th-century Virgin of the Schoolchildren, from the demolished Val des Écoliers abbey church, on the left side altar, and a silver Virgin of the Tanners dated 1687-1688. The building is dedicated to Saint Feuillen of Fosses, a 7th-century Irish monk and founder of Fosses-la-Ville abbey, commemorated on 31 October.
The church stands at the east end of Boulevard de la Constitution, at number 1, in Outremeuse. The building is oriented differently from its predecessors because the 1910 street plan redrew the block. Approach on foot from the boulevard; the entrance is through the pointed-arch portal under the rose window.
Georges Simenon's novel 'Le Pendu de Saint-Pholien' is set here, and the book mentions the demolition and rebuilding of the church. Simenon himself witnessed the 1910 demolition of the old building and the 1914 construction of Edmond Jamar's replacement.
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