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  2. Saint-Germain-des-Prés (abbey) - Wikipedia

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    The Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ de pʁe]) is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter of Paris. It was originally the church of a Benedictine abbey founded in 558 by Childebert I , the son of Clovis , King of the Franks.

  3. List of historic churches in Paris - Wikipedia

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    The first church was destroyed by the Vikings and rebuilt. The present church was consecrated in 1163, and is considered the oldest church in Paris. The flying buttresses, from the 12th century, were the first on a Paris church. [18] It was named for Saint Germain, an early Bishop of the city. Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs: 254 rue Saint Martin

  4. List of religious buildings in Paris - Wikipedia

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    Saint-Germain de Charonne, Paris; Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant; Église Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes (Paris) Église Notre-Dame-des-Otages Chapelle Saint-Charles de la Croix-Saint-Simon Église Saint-Cyril Saint-Méthode (Paris) Église Saint-Gabriel (Paris) Church of Saint-Jean-Bosco, Paris

  5. Saint-Germain-des-Prés - Wikipedia

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    A parish church, the church of Saint-Pierre, also was built on the left bank, at the site of the present Ukrainian catholic church; its parish covered most of the modern 6th and 7th arrondissements. The fortifications of King Philip Augustus (1180–1223), the first recorded walls to be built around the entire city, left SaintGermain‑des ...

  6. 6th arrondissement of Paris - Wikipedia

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    The current 6th arrondissement, dominated by the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés—founded in the 6th century—was the heart of the Catholic Church's power in Paris for centuries, hosting many religious institutions.

  7. Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois - Wikipedia

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    The first place of worship on the site was a small oratory founded in the 5th century to commemorate a meeting of Saint Germanus with Saint Genevieve, the future patron saint of Paris. [2] This structure was replaced by a large church, either by Chilperic I , King of Franks , in about 560, or by Saint Landry of Paris , the bishop of Paris, in ...

  8. Psalter of St Germain - Wikipedia

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    The Psalter of St Germain is an illuminated manuscript dating from the 6th century. [1] It comes from the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris. It is a psalter, in the version of the Vetus Latina, which could date back to the period of the founder of the abbey, Saint Germain of Paris. It is currently kept at the Bibliothèque nationale de ...

  9. Saint-Germain de Charonne, Paris - Wikipedia

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    The church and its cemetery. Saint-Germain de Charonne is one of only 2 churches in Paris — along with the Saint-Pierre de Montmartre church — to still be bordered by its old cemetery (as in the Middle Ages). [6] The cemetery of Saint-Germain de Charonne is thought to be as old as the church itself.