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Saint-Aignan de Chartres Church dans l'Eure-et-Loir

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine religieux
Eglise gothique
Eure-et-Loir

Saint-Aignan de Chartres Church

    Place Saint-Aignan
    28000 Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
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Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
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Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
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Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres
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Timeline

Haut Moyen Âge
Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
500
600
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
Ve siècle
Pre-Roman Foundation
1262
Medieval fire
XIVe siècle
Gothic reconstruction
1541
Completion of the Northern Portal
début XVIe siècle
Construction of the current building
1840
Historical monument classification
1869
Restoration of frescoes
1988
Start of structural monitoring
juillet 2024
Partial closure
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Saint-Aignan Church (Box AI 156): ranking by list of 1840

Key figures

Aignan d'Orléans - Bishop of Orléans (Vth century) Legendary founder of the first church.
Émile Boeswillwald - Architect-restaurant (11th century) Author of polychrome frescoes in 1869.
Joseph Merklin - Organ factor (XIXth century) Organ builder in place.
Jean Vacher - Donor (XVI century) Financer of a stained glass window in 1566.
Claude Vignon - Painter (17th century) Author of Christ before Pilate (1630).

Origin and history

The church of Saint-Aignan de Chartres derives its name from the bishop of Orléans Aignan (Vth century), who founded there a first pre-Romane church, replaced after several fires (XII and XIII centuries). As a parish of the Counts of Blois and Chartres, it was rebuilt in the 14th century in Gothic style, as evidenced by its main portal, modest because of the narrowness of medieval alleys. His bedside was based on the walls of the ninth century, then disused.

The present building, erected at the beginning of the sixteenth century, combines flamboyant Gothic elements (pillars, tympanums) and Renaissance influences (colonets to the antique). The crypt, illuminated by windows overlooking Rue Saint-Pierre, dates from the late 15th century. The initial project provided a vault for the nave, never realized, and unfinished bows remained on the facades. The side turret, connected by a staircase in 1541, was completed by a gallery in 1625 under Louis XIII.

During the Revolution, the church became a national good, serving in turn as a military hospital, prison, and then a forage store, saving it from destruction. Made to worship in 1822, it was restored in 1869 by Émile Boeswillwald, a collaborator of Viollet-le-Duc, who added romantic polychrome frescoes. Since 1988, measuring instruments have been monitoring its structure, weakened by the risk of falling stones (July 2024).

The interior houses 20 classified glass windows, including 16th century stained glass windows (religious scenes, arms of donor families such as the Chaline or Godeffroy) and creations of the Lorin workshops (XIXth century). The axial chapel, dedicated to the Virgin, is framed by stained glass from 1857. Six paintings (XVIe–XVIIe centuries) and a Merklin organ (XIXe) complete its furniture. The church, attached to the parish of Notre-Dame de Chartres, has been served since 2008 by the Priestly Fraternity Saint-Pierre.

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