This is one of the typical fortified churches (fortified church).

In 1622 Mansfield, who was paid for by Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, who supported the Protestants, destroyed the whole area and sacked the church.

The church, which was rebuilt in the 17th century, had various fastening elements, such as the bearing stones of an old battlement on the upper edge of the south transept, or the round tower, which is provided with loopholes, and through which one can also escape rooms got to the roof. Apart from the choir, the dome of which has been kept flat, the rest of the building is arched in the Gothic style. A spiral staircase in a tower next to the south arm of the transept gives access to the attic.

Inside, the pulpit, from which the preaching took place, is Gothic-inspired, decorated with panels depicting three scenes from the life of Christ: the flight into Egypt, Jesus in the temple at the age of twelve with the scribes and St. John the Baptist.

Source: according to the board at the church and additions from the French Wikipedia

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JakobusPilger

April 9, 2022

Saint Stephen (Saint-Etienne) is one of the first seven deacons of the early Jerusalem community and is also the first martyr (martyr) of early Christianity. The church commemorates him on Boxing Day, December 26.
When Stephen cried out his vision of the open heaven, "And he, being filled with the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God" (Acts 7:55), the people were so indignant that that they drove him out of the city and stoned him.

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