Construction of the chapel XIIIe-XIVe siècles (≈ 1450)
Estimated period of medieval construction.
27 septembre 1954
Partial registration for Historic Monuments
Partial registration for Historic Monuments 27 septembre 1954 (≈ 1954)
Legal protection of the door.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The door: inscription by order of 27 September 1954
Key figures
Seigneur du Péage de Septème - Suspected Sponsor
Aura has the chapel built.
Origin and history
The chapel Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Oytier-Saint-Oblas, located in the department of Isère, is a religious building dating from the medieval period, estimated between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. It once belonged to the hospitals of the order of St John of Jerusalem, under the command of Bellecombe de Valencin. His existence would be linked to a Lord of the Peage of Seven, who, returning from the Holy Land, would have built the building in fulfilment of a vow for his safe return. This place attracted pilgrims every year at the feast of the Holy John of Christmas, who came to venerate the relics of a saint whose remains still rest in the altar.
The small chapel is surmounted by the hospital cross, a distinctive symbol of order. Only its door has been included in the inventory of historical monuments since 27 September 1954, by ministerial decree. Situated at the Peage de Septème, a hamlet shared between the communes of Septème and D'Oytier-Saint-Oblas, it is halfway between the agglomerations of Vienna and Bourgoin-Jallieu, in the northwest of Isère.
According to local sources, the chapel retains historical and religious importance, thanks in particular to the relics it houses. These relics, still present in the altar, made this place a gathering point for the faithful and pilgrims, strengthening its role in the spiritual and architectural heritage of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
