Saint-Louis Church, Rouen

Saint-Louis Church
Lycée Corneille's Chapel
Église Saint-Louis Chapelle du Lycée Corneille
Saint-Louis Church undergoing restoration
Saint-Louis Church Location of Rouen' Saint-Louis Church in France.
49°26′40.75″N 1°6′0.64″E / 49.4446528°N 1.1001778°E / 49.4446528; 1.1001778Coordinates: 49°26′40.75″N 1°6′0.64″E / 49.4446528°N 1.1001778°E / 49.4446528; 1.1001778
Location	30 rue Bourg-l'Abbé 76000 Rouen, Normandy
Country	France
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	www.operaderouen.fr
History
Consecrated	1704
Architecture
Status	Church
Functional status	Defunct
Heritage designation	Classée Monument Historique
Designated	1910
Style	Flamboyant, Classical
Groundbreaking	1614
Completed	1725
Specifications
Number of spires	1
Administration
Archdiocese	Rouen
Building details
General information
Location	Rouen, Normandy

Saint-Louis Church (French: Église Saint-Louis de Rouen), often referred as Lycée Corneille's Chapel (French: Chapelle du Lycée Corneille), was a Roman Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France. The building was formerly the Chapel of the nearby Lycée Corneille. In 2016, it was turned into an auditorium.

The first stone of Saint-Louis church was laid in 1614 by Queen Marie de' Medici. The church was consecrated in 1704. The choir and the transept were completed by 1725.

The church was abandoned and stripped of all its furniture following the expulsion of the Jesuits community. In 1765, the organ was dismantled and taken to Saint-Michel Church in Pont-l'Évêque. Meanwhile, the altars were sold and now bedeck the Saint-Trinité Church in Pinterville.

The church was turned into a fodder storage in 1793. On the eve of the 19th century, it served as a depository for Rouen's paintings, making it the first location of the city's Museum of Fine Arts.

Unsound, Rouen's city council envisaged its demolition in 1895 to free up space for an extension of the Lycée Corneille. The building was eventually saved when it was classified as monument historique in 1910.