Church of St. Nicholas, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés

The Church of St. Nicolas (French: église Saint-Nicolas de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) is a Roman Catholic church located in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés in the department of Val-de-Marne, France.

Church of St. Nicholas
French: Église Saint-Nicolas de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
Church of St. Nicholas
Location within Paris and the inner ring
48°48′45″N 2°28′21″E
LocationSaint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne
Country France
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusChurch
DedicationSt. Nicholas
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeChurch
Administration
DioceseCréteil
Official nameEglise Saint-Nicolas
CriteriaClass MH
DesignatedFebruary 3, 1947
Reference no.PA00079901

History
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés: Rue de Paris and church of St. Nicholas

A chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas was mentioned in two abbey manuscripts in 1137 during the Miracle of Rain: after an intense drought that hit all Western Europe, the monks organised a procession of the relics of St. Maur to the boundary of the fiefdom, near Charenton. When they came back, a violent storm broke out while they were saying the Mass in the chapel of St. Nicholas.[1]

The church was listed as a Class Historic Monument on February 3, 1947.[2]

On January 7, 2018, the Mass celebrated in the Church of St. Nicholas on the day of Epiphany was broadcast live in France 2's Catholic programme Le Jour du Seigneur.[3]

Pilgrimage
The statue of Notre-Dame des Miracles.

A Marian pilgrimage to Notre-Dame-des-Miracles took place at the church for nearly nine centuries until 1968. The pilgrimage resumed in 1988.[4] According to the 1328 story of Regnault de Citry, a statue of the Virgin Mary was ordered by William de Corbeil and miraculously appeared in the workshop of a sculptor on July 10, 1068.[5] According to the tradition, the statue is acheiropoieta (i.e. made without hands).[6]

References
  1. "Site du Vieux Saint-Maur. Église Saint-Nicolas". levieuxsaintmaur.fr (in French).
  2. Mérimée
  3. "Dimanche 7 janvier - les 70 ans du Jour du Seigneur - Le Jour du Seigneur". Le Jour du Seigneur (in French). Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  4. "Près de 500 catholiques honorent la Vierge miraculeuse". Le Parisien (in French). December 10, 2012.
  5. Quillon, Pauline (21–27 July 2018). "Notre-Dame des Miracles : Lourdes avant l'heure". Famille chrétienne (in French). No. 2114. pp. 25–27.
  6. "Le pèlerinage de Notre-Dame des Miracles (Saint-Maur des Fossés)" (in French). Parish of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire.


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