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.
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.
Did you see the video of the muslim guy doing the hoo’ka ‘war’ dance at one of the New Zealand memorial sites?
No do you have a link?
I’m sure it’s up on you tube by now. There were lots of people filming him.
The congregants were mostly white, so it must be an altar boy with a grudge against a priest. No other possibility./s
Much shorter trip this time.
The candles were most likely not the cause - if the door was on fire.
Very interesting! We always stayed at a little hotel near there and I was always going into that church. Knew nothing of the history!
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