Church of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte, Villejuif

The Church of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte (French: église Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte) is a Roman Catholic church located in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France. It is listed as a Historic Monument.

Church of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte
French: Église Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte de Villejuif
Church of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte
Location within Paris and the inner ring
48°47′32″N 2°21′49″E
LocationVillejuif, Val-de-Marne
Country France
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusChurch
DedicationSaint Cyricus
Saint Julitta
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeChurch
Administration
DioceseCréteil
Official nameEglise Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte
CriteriaInscrit MH
DesignatedOctober 19, 1928
Reference no.PA00079914

Location

The church is located on the town hall square.[1] It is adjacent to the town hall.

History

The church was dedicated to Saint Cyricus and his mother Saint Julitta, two martyrs of the 4th century. The church was founded in the 13th century and was completely renovated with dimension stone and rubbles in 1535.[2] The bell tower has the inscription "Memento mori 1549".[3]In 1870, the church was occupied by the Communards.[3]

The church was listed as a Historic Monument in 1928.[1] The organ, made by manufacturers Hippolyte Loret and Gabriel Cavaillé-Coll, is a listed monument since 1991.[4] The stained glass windows were made by Louis-Charles-Marie Champigneulle.[5]The bell tower was restored from 1981 to 1988.[3]

On April 19th, 2015, a student, Sid Ahmed Ghlam, was fortuitously arrested after a murder while he was planning a shooting in the churches of Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte and St. Theresa during a Sunday Mass. According to the priest of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte, the arrest prevented a massacre, since 300 hundred people were present in the church on that day.[6][7] Villejuif had already been targeted by Islamist terrorist Amedy Coulibaly during the January 2015 attacks.[8]

  • The church around 1926
  • Side of the church
  • Interior
  • One of the stained glass windows
  • The martyrdom of Saint Julitta and Saint Cyricus

References
  1. Église Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte
  2. "Une histoire de Villejuif". ville-villejuif.fr (in French). Mairie de Villejuif. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  3. "Histoire de l'église St Cyr-Ste Julitte". cathovillejuif.fr (in French). Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  4. Base Palissy: Orgue de tribune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  5. Base Palissy: 6 verrières à personnages, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  6. "Attentat déjoué à Villejuif : "On a évité un carnage..." lest-eclair.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  7. "Projet d'attentat à Villejuif : "On a évité un carnage" confie le curé". midilibre.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2015-04-25.
  8. "Accélération de l'enquête sur Coulibaly. Dans une vidéo posthume, il revendique l'explosion d'une voiture le 8 janvier 2015 au soir à Villejuif". Ouest-France (in French). January 11, 2015.

Bibliography
  • Escoda, Carlos (1999). L'église de Villejuif : Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte. Histoire et découvertes (in French). Association pour la Sauvegarder et la Rénovation de l'Orgue et de l'Église de Villejuif (ASROE).
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