Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet
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Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet: Façade of the church
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| Basic information | |
| Location | 23, Rue des Bernardins, 75005 Paris, France |
| Geographic coordinates | 48°50′57″N 2°21′01″E / 48.849167°N 2.350278°ECoordinates: 48°50′57″N 2°21′01″E / 48.849167°N 2.350278°E |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Tridentine Mass |
| Province | Archdiocese of Paris, since 1977 used by traditionalist Society of St. Pius X |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Country | France |
| Status | Active |
| Leadership | [Patrick de La Rocque]] (since 2014) |
| Website | www |
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| Architectural type | Church |
| Architectural style | Classical |
| Groundbreaking | 1658 |
| Completed | 1703 |
Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet is a Roman Catholic church in the centre of Paris, France, located in the 5th arrondissement. Since 1977, the church has been used by traditionalist Society of St. Pius X and remains in the Society's hands.
The church was first built in the 13th century and was reconstructed between 1656 and 1763.
In 1612, Adrien Bourdoise founded a seminary at Saint-Nicolas.
In the late 17th century noted harpsichordist Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633–1694) served as titular organist of the church.
In the 19th century the adjacent Mutualité site was occupied by a seminary. There, Ernest Renan studied under the direction of the Abbé Dupanloup, who attained celebrity in 1838 when he reconciled the notoriously amoral diplomat Talleyrand, who had received the minor orders at Saint-Nicholas, to the church on his death-bed. (Dupanloup subsequently became Bishop of Orléans and a member of the Académie française).
Since 1905, the city of Paris, following the law on the separation of Church and State, claims ownership of the church but grants the Roman Catholic Church a free usage right.
In 1977, eleven years before the Ecône consecrations, members of the Society of St. Pius X led by François Ducaud-Bourget expelled the parish priest and his assistants and occupied the church.
Shortly afterwards, the city of Paris gave an eviction order. In 1978, the Court of Cassation confirmed that the occupation was illegal but the order of eviction was never implemented. On 20 February 1987, the Conseil d'État ruled that the disturbance to public order resulting from an expulsion would be higher than that resulting from the illegal occupation.
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