Visite commentée église Saint-Médard

Wednesday, July 22: PALIS – Guided tour of Saint-Médard church. At 10:30 am. “Documented since the 12th century, the church was destroyed by fire in 1576. The only surviving chapel was restored and then enlarged in 1735. The church was finally rebuilt in the 19th century, retaining some elements from the 12th and 16th centuries. Constructed of chalk on these ancient foundations, it has an elongated plan, with a three-aisled nave and a porch-tower. The church retains wrought-iron chancel and altar screens. There is also a 16th-century statuette depicting a young man in squire’s attire, wearing a Carolingian-style crowned chapel, which local tradition identifies as Saint Louis, but which is more likely Charlemagne. Among the notable works, we should also mention a gilded wooden reliquary in the shape of a chapel containing the relics of Saint Lucide or Lucile. Regarding the stained glass: records attest to the presence of some fragments of stained glass as late as 1861.” The stained-glass windows, originally from the 16th century, date from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Five of them are the work of Louis Hugot, a stained-glass artist based in Troyes. He created Saint Medard blessing Clotaire, Saint George, Saint Louis, Saint Eligius, and Our Lady of La Salette. The others are the work of the Lorraine glassmakers Janin and Benoit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ9ZGCGLuhc&t=63s