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Église Saint-Césaire

Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil, Dordogne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. AN 139) : inscription par arrêté du 15 janvier 1974
Protection dates
1974/01/15 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.38898, 1.00690
Mérimée reference
PA00082903

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1703 map "Map of the Geography of Ancient France). (continued.)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le village serait le lieu de naissance de Sulpice Sévère, historien ecclésiastique (vers 360) , auteur d'une "histsoire sacrée". Après s'être fait historiographe de Saint-Martin-de-Tours, Sulpice Sévère établit un monastère à Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil. L'église est précédée d'un clocher-porche. Une nef unique aboutit, sans transition, au chevet plat. Au 17e siècle, deux chapelles latérales ont été aménagées. Dans le mur sud, une autre chapelle a été creusée. Décor peint sur l'intrados de la litre, fait de rinceaux et feuillages, datant sans doute du 17e siècle.

English translation

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The village is said to be the birthplace of Sulpice Sévère, ecclesiastical historian (circa 360), author of a "sacred history". After becoming historian of Saint-Martin-de-Tours, Sulpice Sévère established a monastery at Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil. The church is preceded by a porch tower. A single nave leads, without transition, to a flat chevet. In the 17th century, two lateral chapels were arranged. In the south wall, another chapel was cut out. Painted decoration on the soffit of the litre, made of scrollwork and foliage, dating no doubt from the 17th century.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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