Memory of Stones
Saint-Exupère Church of Toulouse
Built from 1620 to serve as a chapel for Discalced Carmelites , a religious order resulting from the reform of Carmel , it was inaugurated in 162 3 by Jean-Louis de Bertier , Provost of S aint-Étienne , Bishop of Rieux under the name of Saint Joseph.
Decommissioned from the French Revolution to the Concordat, it was once again worshiped and consecrated in 1807 under the new name of Saint Exupère , bishop of Toulouse in the 4th century.
It was classified as a historical monument by decree of May 3, 1974; the facades and roofs facing the courtyard of the remaining galleries of the old cloister were inscribed by the same decree.
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The choir :
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The Christ behind the tabernacle and the painted wooden statues of, Saint Louis Bertand (1526-1580) and, of Saint Rose of Lima , are by Thibaud Maitrier in the first half of the 17th century. Christ on the Cross is classified as an object.
The choir, which originally included a fence, was transformed in 1807 by the architect Jacques-Pascal Virebent who is probably also the author of the pulpit .
The paintings of the vault of the choir were made in 1838 by the ornamental painter from Toulouse, Gaétan Ceroni .
Tables showing above the stalls were made to the roof of another building in Toulouse, the Penitents chapel gray by J ean-Baptiste Despax (1709-1753). Some are listed in the Palissy base as historical furniture such as "The Eritrean Sibyl"
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The nave :
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The interior is decorated with plasterwork from the XIVIIth century, with canvases painted in the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries, the whole is classified as historical monuments. Among this set "The Transverberation of Saint Thèrèse d'Avila" by the Italian painter Antonio Verrio who spent two years in Toulouse.
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The organ :
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The current organ is remarkable with its 27 stops spread over 3 manual keyboards of 56 notes and pedalboard, that is to say around 1,500 pipes. It was made in 1887 by the Théodore Puget house. Jacques-Pascal Virebent is the author of the column stand of the organ, with its four turrets, its three sideboard sides, its musical cherubs, its flower pots and its friezes of foliage carved in the Baroque manner. The organ case and the instrumental part of the organ have been classified as historical monuments since January 3, 2011.
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