Église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin (Paris)

The Church of Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin is a Roman Catholic church in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, place Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin, between the rue du Bac and the boulevard Saint-Germain.

History

1632 : construction of a Dominican chapel on the corner of the rue du Bac and the cows' road. The monastery of Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin was created by Françoise de Saliné, daughter of the seigneur d’Argombat, whose religious name was Françoise des Séraphins.
1682 : construction of the present church to the designs of the architect Pierre Bullet. The church was consecrated in 1683, and dedicated to St Dominic.
1722 : construction of the choir of the monks which is now the chapel of Saint Louis.
From 1735 to 1739 : construction of the Dominican novice house
1791 : the church of the convent was made parochial with a dedication to St Thomas Aquinas.
1793 : In the French Revolution the monks were expelled.
1797 : The church, called "temple de la Paix", was granted to the «Théophilanthropes», and then to the Jacobins.
1802 : the church was returned to religious use after the Concordat of 1801.

Organ originally by François-Henri Clicquot (1771)
Mural paintings by Merry-Joseph Blondel (1841)
Altar of Saint Vincent de Paul (1848)
Portrait of Saint Louis by Luc-Olivier Merson, in the chapel of Saint-Louis (1887)
Stained glass by Dideron and Langlade (1902)

Translated from the French Wikipedia article.

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