The first mention of this church is made in a charter dated 1186. Seriously damaged during the Hundred Years' War, it then lost its transept and its apse, of which there nevertheless remain some vestiges, taken in the wall of the presbytery. The weakened building was equipped with powerful buttresses in the 15th century, which broke the harmony of the facade. One of them preserves, carved in stone, the arms of the Richelieus, added later. The church was restored several times, and was enlarged in 1767. That same year, the bell tower was redone. A bell melted a few years earlier (1761) was replaced there. Classified as an object by historical monuments in 1946, it was cracked in 1978. The church was proposed for classification as a historic monument in 1909, but had to wait until 1914 for this classification to become effective.
Off-center from the city center, the building built in the 12th century is characteristic of Saintonge Romanesque art. Its surroundings are still occupied by a cemetery preserving mainly 19th century burials, but also several medieval sarcophagi, exposed near the south wall. Characteristic of the Saintongeais Romanesque style, it retains a triumphal arch facade incorporating a semi-circular portal with four arches, decorated with simple geometric motifs. The upper part, divided into two horizontal registers separated by a cornice with modillions, is composed of arcatures (a series of nine small arcades placed on columns on the first level, topped by a new series of three arcades). The whole is topped by a campanile, remodeled in the 19th century (1850) On either side of this facade are clusters of columns, distributed differently on each floor. An oculus, which may have replaced a semi-circular bay, provides lighting for the nave. Two fairly massive buttresses frame the facade: they were added in the 15th century. The nave, divided into four bays separated by attached columns, is covered with a semi-circular vault. The capitals, quite crude, retain scant traces of sculpture (volute foliage and hooks). The bedside is flat and blind. Lighting is provided by a series of splayed bays (one per bay). Remains of the old Gothic north brace (double arch and ribbed arch) and the original apse are still visible in the masonry of the presbytery.
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