Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Introduction by Scott Simon 9
1st Arrondissement
La Sainte-Chapelle 10
Saint-Eustache 24
Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois 34
Saint-Roch 42
2nd Arrondissement
Notre-Dame-des-Victoires 52
3rd Arrondissement
Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Hongrie 60
Notre-Dame Cathedral 68
Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux 84
Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais 90
Saint-Louis-en-l’Île 101
Saint-Merry 106
Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis 114
5th Arrondissement
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont 120
Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas 130
Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre 136
Saint-Séverin 144
6th Arrondissement
La Chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 152
Saint-Germain-des-Prés 160
Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes 170
Saint-Sulpice 178
7th Arrondissement
Basilique Sainte-Clotilde 188
La Chapelle de l’Epiphanie des Missions Etrangères
et la Salle des Martyrs 194
La Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Médaille Miraculeuse 198
Saint-François-Xavier 206
Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin 216
8th Arrondissement
Cathedral Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky 224
La Madeleine 234
Saint-Augustin 242
The American Cathedral in Paris 251
9th Arrondissement
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette 260
La Sainte-Trinité 270
Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile 276
10th Arrondissement
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 280
11th Arrondissement
Sainte-Marguerite 290
18th Arrondissement
Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre 298
Saint-Pierre de Montmartre 306
Basilique Cathédrale de Saint-Denis 314
Acknowledgements 330
Author’s Note 331
About the Authors 331
Selected Bibliography 332

About the Author

Peggy Shannon has spent the past six years researching and photographing notable and lesser-known churches in Paris. During thousands of hours on the ground in the City of Light, she has interviewed and developed close relationships with historians, city administrators, clergy, academics and tour guides. These relationships have given her exceptional access to the little-known historical details and fascinating behind-the-scenes information that inform the texts accompanying her photographs. Shannon holds a B.A. degree in psychology and religion from the Santa Fe College, and studied folklore and arts administration in the Master’s Program at Indiana University. She divides her time between Paris, France, Cincinnati, Ohio and Nova Scotia.

Reviews

...a gorgeous compendium of 37 houses of worship across the French capital....Accompanying the text are Shannon's ravishing photos of dazzling stained-glass windows, imposing stonework, intricate wood carvings, and intriguing details such as altarpieces, statues, relics, and paintings. Whether religious or not, readers can't help but feel the majesty and the mystery of these spaces that put the holy in holy moly.-- "Frommers.com"