Église Saint-Fiacre de Nancy, Neo-Gothic church in Nancy, France
The Église Saint-Fiacre de Nancy is a mid-19th-century church building with Neo-Gothic characteristics and four altars inside. The interior is shaped by a large organ whose original pipes date from 1856 and underwent renovation between 1974 and 1976.
Prosper Morey designed the church, which was inaugurated in 1855, replacing the 1721 church of the Trois-Maisons suburb and the village of Boudonville. Its founding priest, Joseph Simonin, born in 1798 in Drouville and parish priest of Trois-Maisons from 1831 to 1858, paid for a third of the construction. He died in 1858 and was buried at the entrance to the choir.
The church is dedicated to Saint Fiacre, a seventh-century Irish hermit who settled near Meaux and became the patron saint of gardeners and of those suffering from skin ailments; it also carries the name of Saint Vincent. The building replaced the 1721 church of the Trois-Maisons district and of Boudonville village, and was consecrated in 1855.
The church stands mid-way along rue de Metz, north of the cours Léopold, so it is reached on foot from the city centre. The entrance is at the foot of the tall square tower with its two clock faces. Inside, the choir altar and the pulpit are the classified furnishings to look for, and the organ loft holds pipes from 1856.
Joseph Simonin, the founding parish priest born in Drouville in 1798, paid for a third of the church's construction himself. He died in 1858 and was buried at the entrance to the choir, not beneath it.
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