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Histoire de Paris

Eglise Saint-Séverin
Seul rescapé du massacre perpétré par ses oncles Childebert et Clotaire en 524, le dernier petit-fils de Clovis, Clodoald - futur saint Cloud - élevé dans un monastère, devient le disciple de l’ermite Séverin. Une chapelle érigée à l’emplacement de son oratoire devient paroisse au Xle siècle. L’église actuelle date du XIIIe siècle pour le clocher et les trois premières travées de la nef, et de la 2e moitié du XVe pour le reste. La décoration du choeur en placage de marbre fut entreprise à partir de 1684, grâce aux dons de la Grande Mademoiselle, cousine germaine de Louis XIV.

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Le splendide buffet d’orgue date de 1745. Au sommet de la flèche, dont la charpente fut achevée en 1487, subsiste une très vieille cloche: Macée, fondue en 1412.

One of the series of signs describing historical places in Paris. The signs were placed starting in 1992 and are also called sucettes Starck (Starck’s Lollipops) after Philippe Starck who designed them.

The sign depicts the Church of Saint-Severin, a Roman Catholic church, which is one of the oldest churches located on the left bank of the Seine. The church is dedicated to the monk Séverin who prayed there, after his death a basilica was built there, which was also destroyed and the current church was built in its place starting from the 11th century.
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Childebert I and Chlothar I were the sons of Clovis I, King of the Franks (466-511)

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Translation of the text on the sign:
[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

History of Paris

Saint-Séverin Church
The only survivor of the massacre perpetrated by his uncles Childebert and Clotaire in 524, the last grandson of Clovis, Clodoald - future Saint Cloud - raised in a monastery, became the disciple of the hermit Severinus. A chapel erected on the site of its oratory became a parish in the 11th century. The current church dates from the 13th century for the bell tower and the first three bays of the nave, and from the 2nd half of the 15th century for the rest. The decoration of the choir in marble veneer was undertaken from 1684, thanks to donations from the Grande Mademoiselle, first cousin of Louis XIV.

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The splendid organ case dates from 1745. At the top of the spire, the framework of which was completed in 1487, there remains a very old bell: Macée, cast in 1412.