Église Saint-Pierre appelée aussi église collégiale Saint-Pierre

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History

Study by R. Dhélin – October 2016: "On the name of the church of Appoigny. Although it is convenient to use their dedications to designate the religious monuments of a place, the civil authorities of the 19th century confined themselves, as far as possible, to the secular term "church of..." in administrative correspondence. This was the case of "the church of Appoigny", at least for "the present church", reputed to have been built in the early 13th century by Guillaume de Seignelay (14-15-16-17-20). This practice became impossible when, for the needs of local history, the study of the genesis of the village required greater precision. The tendency of oral history to forget the first oratory induced a confusion and designated the second building as "primitive church", thus making the genesis of the medieval buildings opaque. (2) What must be retained: 1. Written in the 9th century, The Deeds of the Bishops attest to the presence of the first oratory of Apoigny dedicated to the "prince of the apostles", in the 6th century (1). 2. A second building was constructed in the 11th century under the episcopate of Robert de Nevers and took in turn the title and parish of Saint-Pierre (2). 3. This second building falling into ruin, Guillaume Seignelay had a third building constructed in the 13th century, the present church, on the site of a cemetery which must have surrounded the first oratory. The transfer of the title and parish of Saint-Pierre to this new church, erected as a collegiate, took place for the second time. We have proof of this in the plan, discovered on the occasion of the writing of no. 8 of the Cahiers de la Collégiale, on the site of these two latter monuments (10). The letters proceeding from the religious authorities, for their part, do indeed mention the original dedication (4-5-6-8-9-12-18-19). The first anomaly appears in 1868. Maximilien Quantin publishes his archaeological repertory in which, without sources, he attributes a new name to the church, Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul (13). It is possible that this confusion was induced by the effigy of the two apostles at the doors of the choir enclosure erected in 1610 (7) and by the common feast of these two saints on 29 June. Louis Hautecoeur and Marcel Aubert (1927 & 1929) conform to the rule of the secular appellation in a fine work The Riches of Art of France (21-22) but L. Hautecoeur concludes his article with an erroneous affirmation concerning Viollet-le-Duc who "would have restored this church". The famous architect merely contented himself with favouring the classification of the collegiate as a historic monument in 1870 (16). The prominence of Max Quantin, archivist of the department of Yonne and correspondent of the Ministry of Public Instruction, meant that the confusion would be taken up again in 1939, by René Louis and Charles Porée (23) and by Jean Vallery-Radot in 1958 (24). Bibliography. (1) The Deeds of the Bishops of Auxerre, Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2006 (2) Raymond Dhélin, 2014, Pierres premières & Pierre premier, in The Cahiers de la Collégiale, no. 7, 2014. (3, 4, 5, 6) René Louis and Charles Porée, Ibid.; (7, 8) Raymond Dhélin, Op. cit.; (9) Folio of the church fabric of Appoigny; (10) Raymond Dhélin, Op. cit. no. 8, 2015. (11) Gustave Moreau and Victor Petit, Picturesque Guide to the Valley of the Yonne in A.H.Y., XVII (12) Letter from the Curate of Appoigny to his bishop (1862); (13) Max Quantin, Archaeological Repertory of the department of Yonne (1868); (14) Letter accompanying the report of architect Piéplu (1869); (16) Arnaud Timber, Restoring and Building, Viollet-le-Duc in Burgundy, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2013. (17) Letter from the Prefect to the Mayor of Appoigny (1870); (18) Letter from the Prefect to the Mayor of Appoigny (1871); (19) Extract from the register of deliberations of the church fabric of Appoigny (1879); (20) Official Journal of 18 April 1914; (21) Louis Hautecoeur, The Riches of Art of France. Architecture, Burgundy, Paris, Van Oest, 1927. (22) Marcel Aubert, Ibid., Sculpture, fasc. 10-18 (1927); (23) René Louis and Charles Porée, Op. cit. (1939); (24) Jean Vallery-Radot, 1958, The Church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul at Appoigny. In Archaeological Congress of France, 66th session, Auxerre. S.F.A, p. 97.