Eglise Saint-Fiacre
Rue Saint-Fiacre, 54600 Villers-lès-Nancy
- Meurthe-et-Moselle
- Grand Est
Place of pilgrimage, the chapel devoted to Saint fiacre, boss of the gardeners, existed from the XIVth century. In 1601, Villarois obtains the creation of an autonomous, independent parish of the priory Saint-Melaine of Vandoeuvre. Very close to there, besides the castle, a hamlet contained in Remicourt some houses, of crop land, and a "barn" or farm belonging to the monks of Clairlieu, of which there remains(subsists) a cellar, in ruins this day. It is as well there as domiciled(resided) François snob, management agent of the booksellers of Nancy, wealthy(fortunate) man, that gave six thousand books(pounds) to serve in the construction of a new building. He(It) had privilege so to have there his(its) burial the paving stone of which is still visible in the right(straight) shoulder. Indeed, by 1780, the old chapel Saint fiacre, too small, giving worrying signs of dilapidation, the priest of time(period), the abbot Rosselange, asked for the competition(help) of its flock to rebuild their place of worship.
The new church will be built in the centre of the village, where the population most increased in time. All valid men(people) participate in works to demolish(destroy) the old(former) chapel. They transport materials on the ground of the current church. Works begin slowly, the stone in career(quarry) at the top of Taye is extracted. Finally, after a lot of concerns(marigolds) and due slowings down in the new church lacks money, am blest and open to the parishioners in June, 1788\. She(It) keeps(guards) her(its) old(former) patronymic of Saint fiacre to which that of the Virgin Mary is added.
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