Église Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux de Lyon

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Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux Church is a former Catholic church in Lyon, France. The origins of its construction are uncertain, the church may have been built in the course of the thirteenth century. The historian of Lyon, Emmanuel Twentyrinier, dates his construction from the fifth century.

It was finally destroyed in 1866. It was located to the south and outside the cloister of Saint John Cathedral, currently in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. The church of Saint-Pierre-Le-Vieux was the last residence of several illustrious figures of the city: magistrates, aldermen, archbishops.

Famous families had their chapel there. Among the best known are the Laurencins and the Bellièvres whose name of a street still reminds them today. From the eponymous church depended the cemetery of the parish of Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux.

This church was destroyed between 1844 and 1847, and elements were reused in various constructions. Some were found in the foundations of the church of Saint-Pierre de Vaise during the construction of a sewer on the boulevard Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry by Amable Audin in 1964. These blocks come from mausoleums...