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Church of the Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Seyches dans le Lot-et-Garonne

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine religieux
Eglise de style classique
Lot-et-Garonne

Church of the Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Seyches

    Rue Pierre Garry
    47350 Seyches
Église du Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Seyches
Église du Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Seyches
Église du Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Seyches
Église du Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Seyches
Église du Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Seyches
Église du Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Seyches
Église du Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Seyches
Église du Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Seyches
Église du Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Seyches
Église du Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Seyches
Église du Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Seyches
Église du Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Seyches
Crédit photo : Jacques MOSSOT - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
vers 1580
Moving the Church
1666
Unsatisfactory repairs
1689
Reconstruction by Marie de Majance
9 avril 1690
Consecration by Jules Mascaron
1880
Brick vault
1935-1936
Decors by Giovanni Masutti
26 novembre 1998
Registration for Historic Monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The entire church and the old town gate adjoining it serve as a bell tower (Box H 372): inscription by decree of 26 November 1998

Key figures

Marie de Majance - Sponsor and sponsor The reconstruction was completed in 1689.
Jean de Mosnier - Baron de Seyches Married to Mary of Majance.
Jules Mascaron - Bishop of Agen Consecrated the church in 1690.
Janus Frégose - Bishop of Agen (XVIe s.) Allowed the move in 1580.
Giovanni Masutti - Italian painter Author of the sets of 1935-1936.

Origin and history

The church of the Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Seyches, originally located outside the city walls, was destroyed at the beginning of religious wars. Faced with the strong local Protestant presence, she was moved around 1580 to a town house, with the permission of the bishop of Agen Janus Frigose. Despite repairs in 1666 deemed unsatisfactory, the building remained precarious until its complete reconstruction.

In 1689, Marie de Majance, widow of Baron Jean de Mosnier, financed the reconstruction of the church on a three-nave plan with a flat bedside choir. The building was consecrated on April 9, 1690 by Bishop Jules Mascaron. The building was then home to a painted walled ceiling, described in an episcopal report of 1689, which has now disappeared.

In the 19th century (1880), the church was arched in brick, replacing the original panelling with cross-pieces of warheads supported by caps. This transformation erased part of the original liturgical decoration, leaving only a painting of the Décollation de Saint-Jean-Baptiste, inscribed in the Inventory in 1975. An architectural particularity lies in the absence of a traditional bell tower: an old adjoining town gate was converted for this use.

In the 1930s, the church was the subject of a major decorative campaign. In 1935-1936, the Italian painter Giovanni Masutti made false marbles, draperies and a fresco depicting the decollation of Saint John the Baptist in the choir. At the same time, the stained glass windows of the collaterals were created by the Thomas workshop in Valencia. The building was finally inscribed in the Historical Monuments on November 26, 1998, including the church and its atypical bell tower.

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