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Statues de saints sur l'Église Saint-Loup

Saints' statues at the Église Saint-Loup

Félix Charpentier
Maurice Denonvilliers (Paris)
1886-89

Châlons-en-Champagne / Statues de saints sur l'Église Saint-Loup

Description

Two cast-iron statues flank the entrance of the Église Saint-Loup, left Jeanne d'Arc and right Saint Loup.

St. Jeanne d'Arc
The Maid of Orléans (ca. 1412 - 1431), national heroine of France, beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. She led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War (Wikipedia).

St. Loup / St. Lupus
Lupus of Troyes (c. 383–c. 478), early bishop of Troyes; or:
or one the seven other bishops of named Lupus

Signature

(both) fondu par Maurici Denonvilliers

Sculptor

Félix Charpentier (Bollène, Vaucluse 1858 - Paris 1924), French sculptor.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Église Saint-Loup de Châlons-en-Champagne.
e-Monumen.net, Monumen.

Locatie (N 48°57'35" - E 4°22'7") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frca063; Photograph: 26 May 2019
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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