Église Sainte-Félicité de Montagny-Sainte-Félicité

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Sainte-Félicité is a parish Catholic church located in Montagny-Sainte-Félicité, Oise, France. It was given to Saint Vincent de Senlis Abbey in 1154, which established a priory north of the church, and remained the collator of the parish until the French Revolution. The oldest elements of the present church date back to the thirteenth century; These are the supports of the vaults of the two straight spans of the choir.

The church was entirely rebuilt between 1510 and 1525, in the flamboyant Gothic style. The facade and bell tower are a little more recent, and already belong to the Renaissance. It is especially for its high and graceful stone arrow that the Sainte-Félicité church is known: it culminates at a height of 65 m, and is only exceeded in the department by the cathedral of Senlis.

If the architecture of the rest of the church shows little peculiarity and remains almost austere, except at the front and at the bedside, it can boast of a beautiful and vast stone altarpiece, installed in 1568 and recounting the martyrdom of Saint Félicité de Rome, patron saint of the church. The bell tower and retable have been classified as historical monuments by list of...