Saint Bernard de Menthon Church en Savoie

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Origin and history

The Saint-Bernard church of Menthon de Seytroux is a Catholic building located in Haute-Savoie, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It was erected at the beginning of the 19th century, after the parish was founded in 1803, following the detachment of the Biot after the concordat of 1802. The building, completed in 1806, was originally named "Tiers de Seytroux" before the commune became independent in 1836. Its architecture is marked by a truncated pyramid surmounted by a lantern and a bulb bell tower.

The parish, under the patronage of Bernard de Menthon, Saint Savoyard, saw its church enlarged in 1886 with the addition of a transept. The first parish priest, Louis Ruin, was appointed in 1806. In 2017, the interior paintings were completely redone, showing regular maintenance of the heritage. The church is part of local religious history, linked to the diocese of Annecy and the architectural heritage of Savoyard Chablais.

Historical sources mention the book Histoire des communes savoyardes : Le Chablais (1980), which devotes a page to Seytroux. The building reflects the post-revolutionary parish evolutions in Savoy, between concordatory heritage and communal affirmation. Its style, sober but elegant, illustrates the Alpine religious architecture of the early 19th century, adapted to the needs of a rural population in full administrative reorganization.

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