Ancienne église Saint-Hippolyte de Paris

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The former Saint-Hippolyte church in Paris is a former Catholic place of worship in the Faubourg Saint-Marcel in the current district of Croulebarbe in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.

Situation: It stood at the eastern end of the part of Saint-Hippolyte Street that was removed in the mid-19th century. Its location corresponds to No. 12 of the current Arago Boulevard. This missing church should not be confused with the present Saint-Hippolyte church in Paris, built at the beginning of the twentieth century on the avenue de Choisy.

Finally, the former parish church Saint-Hippolyte occupied the southern side of Rue Saint-Hippolyte between Rue des Marmousets and the former Saint-Hippolyte junction. A chapel is mentioned on this site in 1158 in a pontifical bubble of Adrien IV. It depended on the chapter of the collegiate Saint-Marcel. It became a parish church in the early thirteenth century. The church was rebuilt in the 16th century, with the exception of the nave. The high altar is designed by Charles Le Brun. Sold as a national property on August 3, 1793, it was destroyed in 1807. What was left of it was razed during the drilling of Boulevard Arago and Boulevard...