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Fire guts Paris’ historic St. Sulpice church
News Agency Of Nigeria ^ | 17 Mar, 2019 14:16

Posted on 03/17/2019 7:49:25 AM PDT by robowombat

Fire guts Paris’ historic St. Sulpice church

Fire at the Saint Sulpice Church in Paris as recorded by a passerby Fire has been reported at Paris’ historic St. Sulpice church, built in the 19th Century.

According to Le Parisien, firefighters are extinguishing the blaze, which burst through the doors of the 19th Century building.

The wooden doors were on fire, and a stained glass window was damaged. The rest of the damage “seems minor,” the daily newspaper said.

Dramatic footage shared on social media shows the interior of the church in flames, with smoke billowing up to its arched roof. From outside, video footage shows firefighters hosing down the burning doors

The Roman Catholic church is the second biggest church in the city after Notre Dame. It is 113 metres long, 58 metres in width and 34 metres tall.

Construction of the church, dedicated to Sulpitius the Pious, began in 1646. During the 18th century, an elaborate gnomon, the Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice, was built.


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To: miss marmelstein

Yes, and the giant clam holy water founts are spectacular, probably from a French colony in the Indian Ocean.

The Reign of Terror used that church as a headquarters and the Sulpician priests were driven out. Eleven of them landed in Baltimore where they brought the gift of Faith to the New World.


21 posted on 03/17/2019 10:47:35 AM PDT by blackpacific
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To: gaijin

Did you see the video of the muslim guy doing the hoo’ka ‘war’ dance at one of the New Zealand memorial sites?


22 posted on 03/17/2019 10:50:02 AM PDT by caww
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To: caww

No do you have a link?


23 posted on 03/17/2019 10:59:42 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: robowombat
The wooden doors were on fire, and a stained glass window was damaged. The rest of the damage “seems minor,” the daily newspaper said.

I dunno, but it does not sound like all that much of a 'gutting' to me...
24 posted on 03/17/2019 11:13:23 AM PDT by snuffy smiff (Build the Wall and build it tall, then build a gallows and hang them ALL!)
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To: Chickensoup

I’m sure it’s up on you tube by now. There were lots of people filming him.


25 posted on 03/17/2019 11:15:27 AM PDT by caww
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To: Sir_Humphrey

The congregants were mostly white, so it must be an altar boy with a grudge against a priest. No other possibility./s


26 posted on 03/17/2019 11:49:58 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: MichaelCorleone
Crusades II is warranted.

Much shorter trip this time.

27 posted on 03/17/2019 12:18:23 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: MichaelCorleone
Crusades II is warranted.

YUP!!!
28 posted on 03/17/2019 12:46:13 PM PDT by rhubarbk (Wax my ass scrub my balls Beto 2020)
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To: robowombat
Aw, no.


29 posted on 03/17/2019 3:38:54 PM PDT by StAnDeliver ("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
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To: miss marmelstein

The candles were most likely not the cause - if the door was on fire.


30 posted on 03/17/2019 3:39:06 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: blackpacific

Very interesting! We always stayed at a little hotel near there and I was always going into that church. Knew nothing of the history!


31 posted on 03/18/2019 5:33:29 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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