Collégiale Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, Gothic church in Gisors, France.

The Collégiale Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais is a Gothic church in Gisors with a cruciform plan, a six-bay nave flanked by double aisles, and a 70-metre length. Its 24-metre-high nave matches the scale of Senlis Cathedral. The south aisle holds three carved pillars: the Pillar of the Dolphins with fleurs-de-lis, the Pillar of Saint James with shells, and the Pillar of Saint Claude showing tanners at work.

Consecrated in 1119 by Pope Callixtus II, the church burned with the town in 1124; the nave was rebuilt from about 1160 under Louis VII. Queen Blanche of Castile funded the Gothic choir, consecrated in 1249. Merchant guilds and confraternities paid for the Flamboyant rebuilding from the late 15th century, and the southwest tower was begun in 1541 but left unfinished for lack of funds.

The church's name honours Saints Gervasius and Protasius, and its religious confraternities and merchant guilds funded much of its decoration in the 15th and 16th centuries. In the south aisle, three carved pillars remain: the Pillar of the Dolphins with fleurs-de-lis, the Pillar of Saint James with linked shells, and the Pillar of Saint Claude showing tanners at work.

The church stands in the centre of Gisors, in the Eure department, and can be reached on foot from the town centre. It was badly damaged on 8 June 1940 and is still being restored, so some parts may be closed off or under scaffolding. Look for the sculpted wooden doors on the north transept facade, among the first Renaissance motifs used in the building.

In the south aisle, the Chapel of Saint-Cler holds a high-relief transi set into the wall, dated 1530. It is a carved corpse rather than a painting, and its inscription reads: "Whoever you are, you will be struck down by death; stay, take heed, weep."