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Origin and history

The Church of St.Maria-Goretti of the Virgin is a religious monument located in the city of Epinal, in the Greater East. Although its name evokes a dedication to Saint Maria Goretti, canonized in 1950, the available data do not specify its date of construction or its architectural or liturgical history. Churches dedicated to modern saints, such as Maria Goretti, often reflect reconstructions or creations after the two world wars, when local communities sought to honour recent spiritual figures.

In Epinal, as in other cities in eastern France, these buildings played a central role in social and religious life, serving as places of assembly, prayer and sometimes collective memory after periods of conflict or urban transformation.