Nogent-sur-Oise, Saintes-Maure-et-Brigide
Building Data for Nogent-sur-Oise, Saintes-Maure-et-Brigide
- Type: Parish
- Affiliation:
- Region: Picardie
- Department: Oise
- Coords: 49.280, 2.4755
- Surveyed: 1977, 1992-98, 2015
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Documents for Nogent-sur-Oise, Saintes-Maure-et-Brigide
1241Louis IX decides to build after a ceremony. L’AN 1241: ... LA TRADITION AJOUTE QUE SAINT LOUIS, QUI AVAIT VOULU ETRE PRESENT A LA LEVEE DES CORPS VENERES DES DEUX VIERGES, [SS MAURE ET BRIGIDE] SE SENTIT PENETRE D’UN SI VIF SENTIMENT DE PIETE, QU’IL CONCUT, ET EXECUTA BIENTOT APRES, LE PROJECT DE FAIRE BATIR LE CHOEUR DE L’EGLISE DE NOGENT,... 1241: ...Tradition holds that Saint Louis, who had wanted to be present at the raising of the venerable bones of the two virgins Saint Maure and Saint Brigide, felt penetrated by such a powerful feeling of piety, that he conceived and executed a short time later the project to rebuild the choir of the church of Nogent,... Source: Delettre, 1842, ii, 296. Branner, 1965, 66, states this was ‘intended to open a campaign for building funds’. |