Walks of Paris

    Source notes

    The descriptions of the churches rest on published sources, checked claim by claim against each source’s own words. The principal sources for each church are listed below, section by section. Heritage references are to the Ministry of Culture’s Plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (POP): Mérimée for buildings, Palissy for objects. A source marked secondary supports a printed claim where no stronger source was found; open wikis were used only to find leads.

    Visit dates and counts come from the record. What the text says each photograph shows is taken from the photograph itself.

    I · The Islands, the Louvre and the Marais

    Saint-Roch. Diocese of Paris; POP Palissy PM75000306, PM75000298.

    Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois. Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles. Parish website (saintleuparis.catholique.fr); Diocese of Paris.

    Notre-Dame-des-Victoires. Diocese of Paris; parish website (notredamedesvictoires.com).

    Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs. Diocese of Paris.

    Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Hongrie. Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Eustache. City of Paris, paris.fr; Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Denys-du-Saint-Sacrement. Diocese of Paris; City of Paris, paris.fr; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Encyclopaedia Universalis, “Restauration” (the period).

    Saint-Merry. City of Paris, paris.fr; Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Gervais. City of Paris, paris.fr; Diocese of Paris.

    Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux. Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis. Diocese of Paris; Musée Delacroix.

    Saint-Louis-en-l’Île. City of Paris, paris.fr; parish visitor brochure (saintlouisenlile.catholique.fr); Diocese of Paris.

    Notre-Dame de Paris. Cathedral website (notredamedeparis.fr); Diocese of Paris; City of Paris, paris.fr; Rebâtir Notre-Dame de Paris.

    II · The Montagne Sainte-Geneviève

    Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre. Diocese of Paris; City of Paris, paris.fr.

    Saint-Séverin. Diocese of Paris; City of Paris, paris.fr.

    Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet. Le Chardonnet, parish bulletin no. 325, Feb 2017; University of Notre Dame, architecture image archive; BnF catalogue; POP Mérimée PA00088418; POP Joconde 50350019941; Larousse, Journal de l’année 1977 (secondary). Canonical status, in the counting rules: decree of the Vatican’s doctrine office of 2 July 2026 declaring the Society of Saint Pius X in schism, as reported by NPR and the Associated Press, 2 July 2026.

    Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas. Parish guide, 2018 to 2019 (saintjacquesduhautpas.com); IMCCE, Paris Observatory; Diocese of Paris.

    Val-de-Grâce. Ministère des Armées, Val-de-Grâce site booklet; Ministère de la Défense (SGA/DMPA), concert program, 11 Nov 2012; National Gallery of Art; Dayton Art Institute; POP Mérimée PA00088392.

    Saint-Médard. Diocese of Paris; Pitts Theology Library, Emory University; Encyclopaedia Universalis (secondary).

    Saint-Étienne-du-Mont. Parish website (saintetiennedumont.fr); Diocese of Paris; University of Notre Dame, architecture image archive; Vulgate, Isaiah 40:9.

    III · Saint-Germain and the Faubourg Saint-Germain

    Chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Lazaristes). Diocese of Paris.

    Notre-Dame-des-Champs. Parish history (notredamedeschamps.fr).

    Saint-Ignace. Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes. Diocese of Paris; Institut catholique de Paris.

    Saint-Sulpice. Diocese of Paris; City of Paris, paris.fr; POP Mérimée PA00088510.

    Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Parish visitor guides, French and English (eglise-saintgermaindespres.fr); Diocese of Paris; POP Mérimée PA00088509; City of Paris, paris.fr.

    Cathédrale de la Sainte-Trinité (orthodoxe russe). Assembly of Orthodox Bishops of France; Diocese of Paris; Wilmotte & Associés, project page and press kit.

    Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Médaille-Miraculeuse. Diocese of Paris; POP Mérimée PA00088789; French bishops’ conference, Promenades ecclésiales et spirituelles dans Paris; Vincentian Family archive (famvin.org), John Freund CM, 8 Sep 2014.

    Saint-François-Xavier. Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Louis-des-Invalides. Musée de l’Armée, website, press kit and teaching dossier.

    Saint-Pierre-du-Gros-Caillou. Diocese of Paris; Polish Institute, New York (artist’s name).

    Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin. Diocese of Paris.

    Sainte-Clotilde. Diocese of Paris; POP Mérimée PA75070007.

    IV · The Madeleine and the Grands Boulevards

    Cathédrale américaine de Paris. Cathedral website (amcathparis.com).

    Saint Joseph’s Church (avenue Hoche). Parish history (saintjosephs.fr); Passionist archive.

    Saint-Louis-d’Antin. Diocese of Paris; parish booklet, 2025 to 2026 (saintlouisantin.fr); Larousse, “second Empire” (the period).

    Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile. Diocese of Paris.

    Église luthérienne de la Rédemption. Parish website (eglise-redemption.org).

    Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. City of Paris, paris.fr; Diocese of Paris.

    La Madeleine. City of Paris, paris.fr; City of Paris, press kit, 3 Apr 2024; Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Augustin. Diocese of Paris; Holy See Press Office.

    Sainte-Trinité. City of Paris, paris.fr; City of Paris, press release, 2021; Diocese of Paris.

    V · The Eastern Faubourgs

    Saint-Vincent-de-Paul. POP Mérimée PA00086489; Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Laurent. Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Joseph-Artisan. Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Jacques-Saint-Christophe de la Villette. Diocese of Paris.

    Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix. POP Mérimée PA75200004.

    Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours. Diocese of Paris; City of Paris, paris.fr; Paris Notre-Dame, 31 Oct 2024.

    Sainte-Marguerite. Diocese of Paris; POP Mérimée PA00086534; City of Paris, Parcours Révolution.

    Saint-Ambroise. Diocese of Paris; POP Mérimée PA00086533; parish guide (saint-ambroise.com), Dec 2024.

    Saint-Jean-Bosco. Diocese of Paris; parish history (on dioceseparis.fr).

    Saint-Germain-de-Charonne. Diocese of Paris; City of Paris, press invitation (undated).

    VI · Bercy, the Gobelins and the Butte-aux-Cailles

    Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts. Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Esprit. Diocese of Paris; parish presentation Projet LUX, c. 2023 (st-esprit.org).

    Saint-Éloi. Diocese of Paris; Ministry of Culture, Architecture contemporaine remarquable list.

    Immaculée-Conception. Diocese of Paris.

    Notre-Dame-de-la-Gare. Diocese of Paris; POP Palissy PM75002444.

    Saint-Hippolyte. Diocese of Paris.

    Sainte-Anne de la Butte-aux-Cailles. Diocese of Paris; City of Paris, paris.fr; POP Mérimée PA75130007.

    Notre-Dame-de-Bercy. Parish history (notredamedebercy.com); Christophe Henry and Laëtitia Pierre, GHAMU visit note, 2013 (secondary); POP Mérimée PA00086568; Diocese of Paris; City of Paris, paris.fr.

    Sainte-Rosalie. Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Albert-le-Grand. Paris Notre-Dame, 12 Dec 2019; parish history (saintalbertlegrand.fr).

    Saint-Marcel. Diocese of Paris; Paris Notre-Dame, 15 Dec 2016.

    VII · Montparnasse and Vaugirard

    Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge. Diocese of Paris; City of Paris, paris.fr.

    Notre-Dame-du-Travail. POP Mérimée PA00086614; Diocese of Paris.

    Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire. Diocese of Paris.

    Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette. Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue. Diocese of Paris, with its Commission d’Art Sacré; Diocese of Paris, “Les Chantiers du Cardinal”, and Chantiers du Cardinal, 80th-anniversary press kit (the organization).

    Saint-Lambert de Vaugirard. Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Christophe-de-Javel. City of Paris, paris.fr; Diocese of Paris; POP Mérimée PA00086652.

    VIII · Chaillot, Passy and Auteuil

    Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot. Diocese of Paris (including the notice of 25 May 2023); Paris Notre-Dame, 14 Sep 2023; City of Paris, paris.fr; parish website (eglise-chaillot.com).

    Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption de Passy. Diocese of Paris (heritage notice, parish page, centenary Mass of 11 Nov 2018).

    Sanctuaire Sainte-Thérèse d’Auteuil. Diocese of Paris; Paris Notre-Dame, 2018; Apprentis d’Auteuil and the Spiritans, press release, 16 Nov 2023; patrimoine-histoire.fr (secondary).

    Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal. Diocese of Paris; parish history (saintejeannedechantal.com); Chantiers du Cardinal.

    IX · Batignolles, the Ternes and Montmartre

    Notre-Dame-de-Compassion. Diocese of Paris; Paris Notre-Dame, 24 Mar 2022; POP Mérimée PA00086718.

    Saint-Ferdinand-des-Ternes. Diocese of Paris; POP Mérimée EA75000016.

    Saint-François-de-Sales. Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Michel des Batignolles. POP Mérimée PA75170007; Diocese of Paris.

    Saint-Joseph des Épinettes. Diocese of Paris; Inventaire général, Région Île-de-France (dossier on the 46 windows).

    Sainte-Odile. Diocese of Paris.

    Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre. City of Paris, paris.fr; POP Mérimée PA75180004; Ministry of Culture, culture.gouv.fr; Diocese of Paris; Paris Notre-Dame, 31 Jul 2025.

    Saint-Pierre de Montmartre. Diocese of Paris; POP Mérimée PA00086741.

    Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre. POP Mérimée PA00086740; Diocese of Paris; Encyclopaedia Universalis (secondary).

    X · Neuilly and the Seine bend

    Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Neuilly. POP Mérimée IA00079690; Commune of Neuilly-sur-Seine; POP Palissy PM92000370; parish website (sjbneuilly.fr); patrimoine-histoire.fr (secondary).

    Saint-Jacques de Neuilly. POP Mérimée IA00079689; parish website (saint-pierre-neuilly.com).

    Saint-Pierre de Neuilly. POP Mérimée IA00079688; Commune of Neuilly-sur-Seine.

    Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul. POP Mérimée PA00088102; Commune of Courbevoie; La Sauvegarde de l’Art Français.

    Sainte-Mathilde. POP Mérimée IA00118690; Commune of Puteaux and its archives.

    Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix. POP Mérimée IA92000238; pss-archi.eu (secondary).

    XI · Boulogne, Saint-Cloud, Issy and Montrouge

    Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Boulogne. POP Mérimée PA00088073; Région Île-de-France; Inventaire général, Région Île-de-France.

    Sainte-Cécile. Parish website (stececile.fr); Brothers of Saint John.

    Saint-Clodoald. POP Mérimée PA00135376; Inventaire général, Région Île-de-France (dossier); Diocese of Paris, Commission d’Art Sacré.

    Saint-Étienne. Commune of Issy-les-Moulineaux, Heritage Days brochure, 2022; Région Île-de-France; POP Palissy PM92000079.

    Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur. Commune of Montrouge; Vallée Sud Grand Paris; DRAC Île-de-France (Ministry of Culture); plan-du-patrimoine.fr, mirror of POP Mérimée PA92000015 (secondary).

    XII · Vincennes and Villejuif

    Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte. POP Mérimée PA00079914; POP Palissy PM94000470, PM94000390; Val-de-Marne Tourisme (secondary).

    Notre-Dame de Vincennes. Commune of Vincennes, Focus Vincennes: l’église Notre-Dame and Heritage Days leaflet, 2023; G. E. Rice, Andrews University Seminary Studies 17.2 (1979).

    Saint-Louis de Vincennes. Commune of Vincennes, Heritage Days leaflet, 2023, Rendez-vous, 2026, and Vincennes en itinéraire; organ project brochure for the diocese of Créteil; Paris Art Déco Society (secondary); La Tribune de l’Art, 7 Feb 2024 (secondary); RCF, 24 Jan 2023 (secondary).

    XIII · Versailles

    Cathédrale Saint-Louis. Région Île-de-France, Inventaire: Roselyne Bussière, Versailles, la cathédrale Saint-Louis (Centre des monuments nationaux and Éditions du patrimoine, 2000); Région Île-de-France; POP Mérimée PA00087667; POP Palissy PM78000803; Office de tourisme de Versailles (secondary).

    Notre-Dame de Versailles. City of Versailles, Notre-Dame neighborhood council, minutes of 20 Jun 2022; POP Mérimée PA00087687; Office de tourisme de Versailles (secondary).

    Hoc est opus. Et satis est.