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Origin and history

The Saint Sulpice church of Aulnay-sous-Bois came into being in the 11th century when Gautier, the local lord, offered land and mills to Cluny Abbey. She erected a priory there, replaced in the 12th century by a Latin cross church, whose choir and sanctuary still remain. The cross of the transept and part of the nave were added in the 13th century, while the nave was enlarged in the 16th and 17th centuries to form a single vessel. The priory, abolished in 1617, gave way to a parish church.

The building suffered damage during the 1870 bombings and was restored in 1875. His choir, his crossover of the transept and a span of the nave were inscribed in historical monuments in 1929, before a classification in 1942 protected the three spans of the choir and the transept. The bell tower, restored in 1967, and the choir, renovated in 2005-2006, testify to its ongoing maintenance.

Built on the ruins of a Benedictine priory, the church maintains a 40-metre-long plan with a flat bedside, marked by northern foothills. Today the main parish church, it is surrounded by three affiliated chapels (Notre-Dame-de-Compassion, Saint-Paul d'Ambourget and Saint-Jean), serving Sunday Masses in various districts of Aulnay-sous-Bois.

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