Saint-Roch, Paris

Saint-Roch, Paris
Saint-Roch, Paris
	Saint-Roch
Religion
Affiliation	Catholic Church
Province	Archdiocese of Paris
Region	Île-de-France
Rite	Roman Rite
Status	Active
Location
Location	284 Rue Saint-Honoré, 1e
State	France
Geographic coordinates	48°51′55″N 2°19′57″E / 48.86528°N 2.33250°E
Architecture
Type	Parish church
Style	Baroque
Groundbreaking	1653
Completed	1722
Direction of façade	South
	Monument historique
	Official name: Eglise Saint-Roch
Designated	1914
Reference no.	PA00085798
Denomination	Église
Website
	www.paroissesaintroch.fr

The Church of Saint-Roch (French: Église Saint-Roch) is a 17th–18th-century French Baroque and classical style church in Paris, dedicated to Saint Roch. It is located at 284 rue Saint-Honoré, in the 1st arrondissement. The current church was built between 1653 and 1740.^[2]^[3]

The church is particularly noted for its very exuberant 18th century chapels decorated with elaborate Baroque murals, sculpture, and architectural detail. In 1795, during the later states of the French Revolution, the front of the church was the site of the 13 Vendémiaire, when the young artillery officer Napoleon Bonaparte fired a battery of cannon to break up a force of Royalist soldiers which threatened the new revolutionary government.^[4]

^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00085798 Eglise Saint-Roch (in French)
^ Blackmore, Ruth (2012). The Rough Guide to Paris. London: Rough Guides. p. 71. ISBN 978-1405386951.
^ Dumoulin, Aline, "Églises de Paris", (2010), p. 35
^ Dumoulin (2012), "Églises de Paris", p. 35-37

[1] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00085798 Eglise Saint-Roch (in French)

[rough-2] Blackmore, Ruth (2012). The Rough Guide to Paris. London: Rough Guides. p. 71. ISBN 978-1405386951.

[3] Dumoulin, Aline, "Églises de Paris", (2010), p. 35

[4] Dumoulin (2012), "Églises de Paris", p. 35-37

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