Temple protestant d'Auxerre

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The Protestant temple of Auxerre is a religious building located 31 rue Saint-Pèlerin in Auxerre, Yonne. Built in the third century under the name of Saint-Pèlerin church, it would be the first cathedral church in Auxerre. It was sold in 1866, the choir transformed into a reformed temple and the rest into housing. The parish is a member of the United Protestant Church of France.

Architecture: The excavations of R. Louis ( 1920s) revealed a bedside with a straight span, a short apse and side rooms.

The current remains The ship dates from the 16th century, three naves and arches curved on high Tuscan pilasters. A hanger from the south side had the date of 1632. There were then remains of paintings in several chapels, notably that of the Saint-Sauveur in the south side of the choir where the caisson vault bore an inscription giving the date of 1563: « Jesus Nazarenus, rex Judeorum, titulus triumphalis our mali ab omnibus, Sancte Deus, Sancte fortis, Sancte and immortalis, miserrere nobis, 1563. O bone Jesu, illumina oculos meos ne unquam abdormiam in mort, ne quando dixit inimicus meus prevalui adverstus eum. »