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The church of Saint-Pantaléon de Commercy, located in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region, is a Renaissance and neo-Gothic building. Its construction began before 1575 on the site of an earlier building destroyed in 1544 by Charles Quint's troops. The portal, dated 1560, marks the beginning of the work, completed around 1575. The church is connected to the high castle by a covered passage in 1708, and its bell tower is enhanced in 1711.

In the 17th century, the relics of Jacques Pantaléon were transferred there by Éric de Lorraine, abbot of Saint-Vanne and bishop of Verdun. The choir and transept underwent a neo-Gothic remodelling in 1870, while lateral chapels replaced the former stands around 1740. The building, inscribed in the historic monuments in 1926, preserves tombstones on the outside and stained glass windows illustrating the Way of the Cross.

The church's history was marked by major architectural changes, including the renovation of the tower and its structure in 1760 under the direction of the architects Gentillatrate and Claude Nicolas Letixerant. Bishop Émile-Christophe Énard, bishop of Cahors, served there as archpriest. The task marks and protected elements, such as the lateral chapels added in 1870, bear witness to its evolution throughout the centuries.

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