Saint-Louis-du-Louvre

Saint Louis of the Louvre
L’église collégiale et paroissiale Saint-Louis-du-Louvre
Etienne Bouhot, The Entrance to the Musee de Louvre and St. Louis Church (1822)
Saint Louis of the Louvre The location of Saint-Louis-du-Louvre prior to its demolition
48°51′37.6″N 2°20′6.0″E / 48.860444°N 2.335000°E / 48.860444; 2.335000
Location	Paris
Country	France
Denomination	Reformed Church of France (1791-1811)
Previous denomination	Roman Catholic (1187-1790)
History
Former name(s)	L’église collégiale et paroissiale Saint-Thomas-du-Louvre
Authorising papal bull	1199
Status	Collegiate church
Founded	1187
Founder(s)	Robert I, Count of Dreux
Dedicated	1744 (rededication)
Cult(s) present	Saint Thomas à Becket (1187-1744), Saint Louis (1744-1790)
Architecture
Functional status	demolished
Architect(s)	Thomas Germain
Years built	1739-1744 (rebuilt)
Construction cost	50,000 Crowns
Demolished	1811
Administration
Archdiocese	Paris

Saint-Louis-du-Louvre, formerly Saint-Thomas-du-Louvre, was a medieval church in the 1st arrondissement of Paris located just west of the original Louvre Palace. It was founded as Saint-Thomas-du-Louvre in 1187 by Robert of Dreux as a Collegiate church. It had fallen into ruin by 1739 and was rebuilt as Saint-Louis-du-Louvre in 1744. The church was suppressed in 1790 during the French Revolution and turned over the next year for use as the first building dedicated to Protestant worship in the history of Paris, a role in which it continued until its demolition in 1811 to make way for Napoleon's expansion of the Louvre. The Reformed congregation was given l'Oratoire du Louvre as a replacement and saved the choir stalls from Saint-Louis-du-Louvre which are still in place at l'Oratoire.