Église de Chalo-Saint-Mars

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The Saint-Médard church of Chalo-Saint-Mars is a parish church dedicated to the Bishop of Tournai Saint Médard, located in the French commune of Chalo-Saint-Mars and the Essonne department. Saint-Mars is a deformity of the name of Saint Médard de Noyon. During the French Revolution, the new commune was renamed Chalo-la-Raison, then simply Chalo in 1793, it took over its original name in 1801.

Towards the end of the 11th century, the mayor of Chalo, that is, his administrator, named Eudes, received from King Philip I a privilege passed on to his descendants, whose text was tampered with in the following centuries and interpreted as a duty-free tax for descendants of both male and female lineage. In 1149, the church of Chalo-Saint-Mars, under the name of Saint Médard, bishop of Soissons, was erected by Gozlin, bishop of Chartres, as a priory in favor of the Chartrain Abbey of Jehoshaphat. From the 14th century onwards, Chalo's territory was divided into many small fiefs, the main ones being, in the valleys, La Fosse, Boinville, Guerville, Les Carneaux, Obterre, Chérel and Longuetoise and, on the plateau, Le Tronchet.

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