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 | |
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French: Église Saint-Nicolas de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés | |
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  Church of St. Nicholas Location within Paris and the inner ring | |
| 48°48′45″N 2°28′21″E / 48.81250°N 2.47250°E | |
| Location | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne |
| Country |  France |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Status | Church |
| Dedication | St. Nicholas |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Créteil |
| Official name | Eglise Saint-Nicolas |
| Criteria | Class MH |
| Designated | February 3, 1947 |
| Reference no. | PA00079901 |
History
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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 of Saint-Maur Abbey 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
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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
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- ^ "Site du Vieux Saint-Maur. Église Saint-Nicolas". levieuxsaintmaur.fr (in French).
- ^ Mérimée
- ^ "Dimanche 7 janvier - les 70 ans du Jour du Seigneur - Le Jour du Seigneur". Le Jour du Seigneur (in French). Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- ^ "Près de 500 catholiques honorent la Vierge miraculeuse". Le Parisien (in French). December 10, 2012.
- ^ Quillon, Pauline (21–27 July 2018). "Notre-Dame des Miracles : Lourdes avant l'heure". Famille chrétienne (in French). No. 2114. pp. 25–27.
- ^ "Le pèlerinage de Notre-Dame des Miracles (Saint-Maur des Fossés)" (in French). Parish of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire.
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