Église Saint-Étienne de Beauvais

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Église Saint-Étienne de Beauvais is a Catholic parish church located in Beauvais, capital of the Oise department, rue de l'Étamine. Its foundation at the end of the third century is due to Saint Firmin. His first term is unknown, but it has long been dedicated to Saint Vaast of Arras, and a chapter existed under this title from 1072 to 1742.

Even before the beginning of the construction of the present church at the beginning of the twelfth century, St. Stephen's Church is the centre of municipal life, and although located outside the episcopal city, its parish is one of the most important in the city. Its nave and transept are Romanesque, except for the first two spans of the nave rebuilt after a fire at the end of the 12th century, and the eastern walls of the transept largely renovated in the 16th century.

In the nave, there is a three-storey elevation with triforium. The arching of warheads on the lower side probably started around 1120, but it is assumed that the Romanesque choir finished before that date was vaulted with warheads from the beginning. If St.

Stephen's Church was not a pioneer in the vaulting of warheads in the region, the role of Saint Lucian abbey...