Église Saint-Mathias, Romanesque church in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, France.

Église Saint-Mathias is a parish church in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, built from the 12th to the 19th century. Its facade has a 13th-century pointed-arch portal with three archivolts, one carved with a zodiac cycle. A Gothic bell tower with a clock and two statues flanks the facade, which is topped by a triangular pediment.

A first church was consecrated here in 1043 by Geoffroy II, Archbishop of Bordeaux; it served a Benedictine priory founded by Audouin II, lord of Barbezieux, and held the parish seat of Saint-Mathias. Left roofless for over a century, it was entirely rebuilt in the 13th century. Huguenot assaults in 1562 and 1569 ruined it, prompting restoration from 1680 under the Le Tellier-Louvois lords.

The church takes its name from Saint Matthias, whose head relic was said to be kept in a niche in the north wall. The 13th-century portal's third archivolt carries a zodiac with scenes of medieval parish work: a horseman, a man treading grapes and a man feeding a pig.

The church stands in the historic centre of Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, its tower rising above the surrounding houses. Enter from the west facade; the nave, side aisles and the south chapel holding the baptismal font are seen from there. The flat chevet was replaced in 1879 by a semicircular neo-Romanesque apse, so the east end is rounded.

The 13th-century portal's outermost arch carries a zodiac cycle, badly worn but still showing a horseman, a man treading grapes and a figure feeding a pig. It depicts the field work and daily life of medieval parishioners.