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anniversaries
april
April 13
Notre-Dame, Epernay, Marne, Grand Est, France
This Gothic revival church, dedicated to Our Lady, patron of the town, succeeded one
in the Italian style damaged in 1892 and demolished in 1909. Though the
first stone was placed in 1898, and the church opened for worship in 1907,
it was not completed until 1915. But in the night of July 24-25, 1918, a
bombardment destroyed the vaults of the nave and damaged the facade. The
restored church was not consecrated until April 13, 1925. In the church
are a stone statue of the Virgin and Child, from about 1200, thought to have
come from Notre-Dame de Paris, and some stained-glass windows of the early
1500s from St. Martin's Abbey in Epernay (which was destroyed during the
Revolution), such as the one depicting the Adoration of the Magi (right).
Sources include:
 | L'Église catholique du Diocèse de Châlons-en-Champagne,
catholique-chalons-en-champagne.cef.fr. |
| Jacques Philippot,
1989, © Inventaire général, ADAGP,
www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/IVR21_19895100490XA
(photo) |
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Also commemorated this date:
| Notre-Dame-d'Hauterive, Jussac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Church
consecrated, 1886. |
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