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'[[Image:Saint-Vincent-de-Paul-Paris.jpg|thumbnail|right|Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in Paris]] [[File:Paris 10e arrondissement - Quartiers.svg|thumb|10e arrondissement]] The '''Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul''' (''Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul'') is a church in the [[10th arrondissement of Paris]] dedicated to [[Vincent de Paul|Saint Vincent de Paul]]. It gives its name to the '''Quartier Saint-Vincent-de-Paul''' around it. ==History== [[File:Église Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris, France (B+W General View).jpeg|thumb|right|500px|Facade of the church showing figures for scale]] The church was built during 1824&ndash;44, on the site of the ancient [[Prison Saint-Lazare|Saint-Lazare prison enclosure]]. In that enclosure had been located the [[Maison Saint-Lazare]], occupied by [[Vincent de Paul]]— it was here that he lived and worked— and afterwards by the [[Lazarists|Congrégation de la Mission]], from 1632 to 1793. The church's design and the initial phases of its construction were entrusted to [[Jean-Baptiste Lepère]], a French architect of modest reputation. The first stone was laid in August 1824 in the presence of the [[prefect of the Seine|préfet de la Seine]] [[Gaspard de Chabrol]] and the [[archbishop of Paris]] Mgr [[Hyacinthe-Louis de Quelen|de Quélen]]. Work proceeded slowly, and was repeatedly abandoned, being especially delayed because of a lack of credit as a result of the [[1830 Revolution]]. Thus it was Lepère's son-in-law, [[Jacques Hittorff]], who finally followed the project through from 1831 to 1844. The building opened for worship on 25 October 1844. [[File:EgliseSVPvuegénéraleIntérieur.JPG|thumb|left|The [[nave]] and [[apse]] from the west end tribune]] Hittorff massively modified the initial plans (which did not plan for even one tower), with his church opening onto the [[Place Franz-Liszt]], giving the building a church square. He also added a system of ramps, laid out today in gardens, to aid access by horse-drawn carriages. The church's [[basilica]]l plan evokes several grand schemes of religious architecture without specifically copying one in particular. Above the [[portico]] (borrowed from those of Greek temples) is a pediment sculpted by [[Charles-François Lebœuf-Nanteuil]] on the subject of "The [[Apotheosis]] of Saint Vincent-de-Paul": the saint is glorified, surrounded by figures symbolising his saintly actions— a missionary, a [[galley slave]], and some [[Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul|Daughters of Charity]] devoting themselves to children or to healing the sick. Inside, the painted frieze of 1848&ndash;53 around the nave (between the two levels of columns) is by [[Hippolyte Flandrin]], and shows 160 male and female saints advancing towards the sanctuary. The decoration of the Lady Chapel, in the apse added later at the back, is by [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]] (1885&ndash;89). The [[Calvary (sculpture)|Calvary]] shown on the main altar is by [[François Rude]]. The building suffered during the [[Paris Commune]]: the bell towers were hit by seven shells, and the terrace and ramps by more than twenty, all fired from the [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]]. The Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is close to the Eurostar and mainline station [[Gare du Nord]], and so is twinned with [[St Pancras Old Church]] (a church in London close to the new [[St Pancras International]] station). This twinning was inaugurated on 11 December 2007 with a bilingual service at St Pancras Old Church.<ref>[http://www.thecnj.com/camden/2007/121307/news121307_22.html?headline=Parishes_forge_entente_cordiale%E2%80%A6via_Eurostar Parishes forge entente cordiale], December 13, 2007, [[Camden New Journal]]</ref> [[Image:Paris-st-vincent-de-paul.jpg|600px|thumb|center|Panoramic view of the church]] ==Organ== [[Image:EgliseSCPgrandesOrgues.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The great organ]] The church has two organs: a great organ and an ''orgue du choeur''. The church's titular organists have included [[Louis Braille]], better known for the [[Braille]] tactile writing system for the blind, [[Léon Boëllmann]] (1881–1897), [[Henri O'Kelly]] (1900–1918), and Jean Costa. The current organist is Pierre Cambourian. The church's great organ, restored and enlarged by Danion-Gonzales in 1970, is made up of: *4 manual and pedal [[Musical keyboard|keyboards]] *66 [[Organ stop|stop]]<nowiki/>s *4,949 pipes *Electric operation of the keyboards and stops It was made in 1852 by the renowned organ builder [[Aristide Cavaillé-Coll]], after whom the square behind the church is named. Originally it was only made up of 47 stops over 3 keyboards and 2,669 pipes. ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons|Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Paris)}} *''This page is a translation of [[:fr:Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris|Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris]] on [[:fr:Accueil|French Wikipedia]].'' *[https://books.google.com/books?id=LvvzlLf9dFEC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=%22jean+baptiste+lep%C3%A8re%22&source=web&ots=i31ajaCJ03&sig=8hRZwrLOfRbO0QFgP8r5tiSfPpE ''The Cambridge History of Christianity'', p105] *{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.linternaute.com/paris/magazine/diaporama/06/eglises/saint-vincent-de-paul/saint-vincent-de-paul1.shtml L'Internaute Magazine: Diaporama] *{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.structurae.info/fr/structures/data/s0003274/index.cfm Structurae] ; see in particular [http://www.structurae.info/fr/photos/index.cfm?JS=1609 a view of the church's interior]. *{{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20081016151613/http://infopuq.uquebec.ca/~uss1010/orgues/france/svincentpp.html Organs of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul] {{Visitor attractions in Paris}} {{coord|48|52|44|N|2|21|07|E|display=title|region:FR_type:landmark_source:dewiki}} [[Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1844]] [[Category:Roman Catholic churches in the 10th arrondissement of Paris|Saint Vincent De Paul]] [[Category:1844 establishments in France]] [[Category:19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings]]'