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Roman Catholic church in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Church of St. Nicolas (French: église Saint-Nicolas de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) is a Roman Catholic church located in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés in the department of Val-de-Marne, France.
Church of St. Nicholas | |
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French: Église Saint-Nicolas de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés | |
48°48′45″N 2°28′21″E | |
Location | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne |
Country | France |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Status | Church |
Dedication | St. Nicholas |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Church |
Administration | |
Diocese | Créteil |
Official name | Eglise Saint-Nicolas |
Criteria | Class MH |
Designated | February 3, 1947 |
Reference no. | PA00079901 |
A chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas was mentioned in two abbey manuscripts in 1137 during the Miracle of Rain: after an intense drought that hit all Western Europe, the monks of Saint-Maur Abbey organised a procession of the relics of St. Maur to the boundary of the fiefdom, near Charenton. When they came back, a violent storm broke out while they were saying the Mass in the chapel of St. Nicholas.[1]
The church was listed as a Class Historic Monument on February 3, 1947.[2]
On January 7, 2018, the Mass celebrated in the Church of St. Nicholas on the day of Epiphany was broadcast live in France 2's Catholic programme Le Jour du Seigneur.[3]
A Marian pilgrimage to Notre-Dame-des-Miracles took place at the church for nearly nine centuries until 1968. The pilgrimage resumed in 1988.[4] According to the 1328 story of Regnault de Citry, a statue of the Virgin Mary was ordered by William de Corbeil and miraculously appeared in the workshop of a sculptor on July 10, 1068.[5] According to the tradition, the statue is acheiropoieta (i.e. made without hands).[6]
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