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 2nd Eglise Notre-Dame :
In 1888, Mr Abbe Jenvrin
has just died, Abbe Bisson succeeds to him and just behind the old Eglise Saint Sauveur, in the Monks yards
(map1779), is laid the first stone of the present
Eglise
Notre-Dame de l’Assomption,
Church of our Lady of the Assumption. The financing of this construction is
possible thanks to private donations, the main craftsmen are
the architect Frangeul, the entrepreneur
Fourcade, and the sculptor Marle.
The architecture for this
Church,of a neo gothic/Gothic revival style, made of
granite, limestone and ashlar, is the Latin-cross plan and the
Patrimonial Inventory describes it as follows : "Choir and vaults covered
by polygonal hips, aisles covered by sloping roofs, 2 sacristies.
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The
themes of Representation are :
- The Immaculate Conception,on the western gable,
- The theological virtues (Faith,
Hope, Charity)
on the 3 tympanum of the western elevation,
- Fabulous animals, on the
gargoyles,
- Local flora and apples on
the capitals,
-
Pope Leon XIII and
Monseigneur Tregaro's arms, on the tympanum of the doors of the sacristies.
- The arms of the
Abbey of Jumiege on the loft part.
The church is blessed solemnly in 1896 by Monseigneur Tregaro,
Bishop of Sees whereas in 1897, the first
Church of Notre-Dame is demolished.
In 1905, the large organ, ordered in 1898 to
Aristide Cavaille-Coll/Charles Mutin, is inaugurated. It will be electrified under the responsability of Mr Moulin, curate, and then restored and modified in
1952 by Mr Lambert, organ-builder in Le Mans. Classified as a "French Romantic
Organ", with 3 keyboards and 2000 pipes, this organ is the most important one in
the departement of Orne.
Neither the parvis nor the
stained glasses offered by the Industrialist
Monsieur Eugene Laniel
and manufactured by the glassmaker, Lavergne, will stand up to the
bombardments of June the 14th in 1944 ... Then it is the Master glassmaker
►Gabriel Loire, who will
assume this further realization financed by the
municipality and the pilot clubs of Chicago and Philadelphia. Mr Launay is
Curate of Vimoutiers. The realization
is carried out in the spirit of the Middle Ages and the colourings of the gothic
cathedrals :
Des ateliers Loire à
l'Eglise de Vimoutiers
(by pupils of Vimoutiers - in French but many pictures)
Pehaps, some pieces indexed in
this Church come from the
1st Church of Notre-Dame
such as chalices, ciborium, ostensorium, and furnitures dated from the
beginning of the XIXth century.
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►To
be mentioned also in this anteriority :
- A
painting of Sainte Madeleine from
1665 by the painter
Nicolas Chevillard, from Macon, a work
influenced by the Bolognese School and of which there is an ancient copy
in the Church of Saint Romain in Rouen. It seems that the conditions of its
presence in the Church of Notre-Dame remain mysterious.
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2nd Eglise
Notre-Dame
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at the beginning of
the last century
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Sainte Madeleine
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Latin-cross plan
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of the Pays
d'Auge in NORMANDY
