Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas is identifiable by a severe, unadorned facade of pale stone that lacks the ornate carvings typical of its neighbors. This church sits on the site of a thirteenth-century chapel that once served pilgrims traveling the route to Santiago de Compostela. The present building, completed in the late seventeenth century, gained a reputation as the Parisian stronghold of Jansenism. During the heat of that theological dispute, worshippers crowded here to hear sermons that defied the official stance of the king and the Jesuits.
Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas
religious