Église Saint-Sauveur de Caen, Gothic church in Place Saint-Sauveur, Caen, France

Église Saint-Sauveur is a Gothic church in Caen with two parallel naves. The 14th-century bell tower and Saint-Eustache nave stand on the east; the 15th-century western nave opens onto rue Froide. A 16-metre pointed arch connects the naves, and the Saint-Eustache apse was rebuilt in Renaissance style in 1546.

The earliest confirmed mention of the church dates from 1152-1153, in a bull of Pope Eugene III; no trace remains of any earlier Romanesque building. The bell tower and the eastern nave, dedicated to Saint Eustace, were built in the 14th century. In the 15th century a second nave was added, making it a hall church, and the Saint Eustace apse was rebuilt in Renaissance style, completed in 1546. Closed during the Revolution, it was reopened in 1802 under the name Saint-Sauveur.

The church was long known as Notre-Dame-de-Froide-Rue, after the street of its single entrance; the name Saint-Sauveur was transferred from the closed Saint-Sauveur-du-marché in 1791 and confirmed in 1802. Until the Revolution, holy water was consecrated once a year in the baptismal fonts at Epiphany, a practice banned by the Council of Rouen in 1072.

The church has been closed to the public since 24 April 2024, when facade inspections led to a safety perimeter on Place Bouchard, rue Saint-Pierre and rue Froide, set two metres out from the walls (sacristy excepted). Interior access is therefore not possible; the building can still be viewed from the square, whose open perspective dates from the post-1944 reconstruction.

The main altar and its tabernacle were placed in the western nave in 1875, not in the 15th century. The two naves are joined by a pointed arch with a 16-metre span, whose construction probably shook the 15th-century eastern apse and led to its rebuilding, finished in 1546.