Church of Saint-Fiacre | |
Native Name Lang: | fr |
Religious Affiliation: | Catholicism |
Coordinates: | 48.701°N 6.1715°W |
Location: | Nancy |
Province: | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
Region: | Lorraine |
Country: | France |
Administration: | Grand Est |
Type: | église paroissiale |
Architect: | Prosper Morey |
Architecture Style: | Neogothic |
Year Completed: | 1855 |
The Church of Saint-Fiacre (French: Église Saint-Fiacre) or Saint-Vincent-et-Saint-Fiacre is a neo-gothic style church built in the 19th century in Nancy, and it is dedicated to Saint Fiacre.
The Saint-Fiacre church is located in the middle of rue de Metz, which is situated north of Léopold square.
The founding priest of this church is Joseph Simonin, who was born on 10 August 1798 in Drouville.[1] He was the abbot Michel’s nephew.[2] Joseph Simonin was the priest of the Trois-Maisons parish from 1831 to 1858. He financed the construction of Saint-Fiacre church for a third party. He died in 1858, and now he is buried under the church’s choir.
Saint-Fiacre church was designed by the architect Prosper Morey and inaugurated in . It has taken over the old church from the Trois-Maisons faubourg and the villageBoudonville, that was built in .
The great organs were renovated by Haerpfer-Erman between and with a new organ cabinet. They still retain the original pipes from 1856, designed by Jean Frédéric II Verschneider.
This edifice was thought of by Prosper Morey. It was inuagurated in 1855.
It is composed of four altars, the choir’s is classified, as well as the pulpit.