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Collégiale Saint-Jacques de Sallanches en Haute-Savoie

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine religieux
Collégiale
Art baroque savoyard
Haute-Savoie

Collégiale Saint-Jacques de Sallanches

    101 Place Saint-Jacques
    74700 Sallanches
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Collégiale Saint-Jacques de Sallanches
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Crédit photo : TarichaRivularis - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1389
College elevation
2 décembre 1389
College elevation
20 novembre 1669
Destroyer fire
1688
Reconstruction completed
1847
Casimir Vicario's death
1986
Registration historical monument
1992
Preventive archaeological search
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Church (Cd. A 372): entry by order of 20 May 1986

Key figures

Pape Clément VII - Pope of Avignon Raises the church to the rank of collegiate.
Casimir Vicario - Piedmontese painter Author of inner trompe l'oeil.
Giacobini et J.B Ferraris - Successor painters Finish the scenery after Vicario.
Giacobini - Painter Finished the paintings after Vicario.
J.B Ferraris - Painter Collaborator with interior decorations.
Frédéric Raynaud - Responsible archaeologist Directed the 1992 search.

Origin and history

The Collège Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur, located in Sallanches in Haute-Savoie, has its origins in the 14th century. She was raised to the rank of collegiate by Pope Clement VII on 2 December 1389 and received a relic from St James, strengthening his religious importance. The present building, however, dates from the 17th century, after a fire ravaged the city and destroyed the previous church on 20 November 1669. The reconstruction ended in 1688, marking the birth of the monument that we know today.

Inside the college is decorated with trompe l'oeil paintings by Piedmontese Casimir Vicario, then completed by his students after his death in 1847. Vicario, known for his works in the cathedrals of Moutiers and Chambéry as well as in the castle of the Dukes of Savoie, leaves here a major artistic heritage. His successors, Giacobini and J.B Ferraris, also contributed to the beautification of the building, which had been listed as historical monuments in 1986.

The arms of the collegiate church are inspired by those of Sallanches, with a chevron waved silver on a bottom of Gules, embellished with three shells symbolizing the jacquarian pilgrimage. This coat of arms reflects both local identity and devotion to St James, patron saint of pilgrims and church.

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