Église Sainte-Eulalie de Bordeaux, Gothic church in Bordeaux, France.
Église Sainte-Eulalie is a Gothic church in Bordeaux featuring soaring pointed arches, stained glass windows, and stone walls characteristic of medieval sacred architecture. The building sits on Place Sainte-Eulalie in the southwestern part of the city, near Hospital Saint-André.
A church existed here by the 3rd century; a 7th-century chapel was followed by a monastery founded by King Dagobert I, and Sigebert III gave a relic of Saint Eulalie's arm, which gave the church its name. The Saracens burned the monastery in 732. A 12th-century church for Compostela pilgrims was consecrated by Archbishop Guillaume I in the presence of Henry II Plantagenet; the Gothic chevet followed in the 14th century and the polygonal apse in the 15th. The building was listed as a monument historique in 1840.
The church keeps the relics of seven evangelising saints of Novempopulania, authenticated by Cardinal de Sourdis in 1610, who also began a procession of the Corps-Saints to Saint-André cathedral that ran until 1880. The Louis XV rocaille grille of the chapel was made by ironmaster Blaise Charlut in 1751. The reliquaries were regilded in 1826 and restored between 2014 and 2018.
The church is regularly open to visitors and the interior is easy to explore on foot, with main features visible from the entrance. Those exploring the neighborhood can find it easily by following street signs to the square.
The 1751 Louis XV rocaille grille in the Chapelle des Corps Saints was made by master ironsmith Blaise Charlut. The chapel holds the reliquaries of seven evangelising saints of Novempopulanie, re-gilded in 1826 and restored between 2014 and 2018. A monumental lectern from the demolished Carmelite convent shows scenes from the life of the prophet Elijah.
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