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Origin and history

The Saint-Baudille church, located in Ampuis in the Rhône department, is dedicated to Saint Baudille, a martyr of the third century linked to the evangelization of Viennese. Today she is dependent on the parish of Blessed Frédéric Ozanam in the Land of Condrieu, under the archdiocese of Lyon, and is entrusted to the Institute of the Incarnate Word. This place of worship reflects the religious and winemaking importance of the region, especially through the cult of Saint Vincent, patron saint of the winegrowers.

The building was built between 1572 and 1577 thanks to the donations of Laurent de Maugiron, Count of Montléans and Governor of Vienna. Its architecture, of basilical plane, includes a nave with three vessels without transept, supported by doric columns in Villebois stone. The facade, adorned with a rosette and a arch in the middle of the hangar, as well as the lateral egg-eyes, date from this Renaissance period.

In the seventeenth century, the church acquired relics of St Vincent, strengthening its link with local viticulture. It underwent major changes in the 19th century: enlargement of the nave in 1848 and reconstruction of the bell tower between 1825 and 1829. Part of its 19th-century decor disappeared in the 1970s before a restoration in the 1980s.

The furniture includes 18th-century stalls with carved mercies, a 19th-century white marble master altar, and three bells dating from 1577 and 1827. The stand organ, unused, comes from the house Michel-Merklin and Kuhn (1941), while a small organ of the left nave is signed Roethinger. The church remains an active place of worship, also hosting classical concerts.

Local tradition combines the church with the feast of Saint Vincent, where members of the eponymous society attend Mass before offering the coast-rôtie, emblematic wine of Ampuis. This monument thus illustrates the alliance between religious heritage, wine history and community life.

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