St. Jerome Church, Toulouse
Levesville, Pierre; Virebent, Jacques Paschal
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Alternative Title
Eglise Saint Jérôme
Date
1622-1629Description
Detail, upper part of the main portal; Built as a chapel by the Royal Company of Blue Penitents (Compagnie royale des Pénitents bleus de Toulouse en Haute-Garonne). After the French Revolution, the chapel became a parish church and was renamed St. Jerome. The architect of the city of Toulouse, Jacques-Pascal Virebent (1746-1831) was responsible for adapting the chapel/society building to its new function as a church and enlarged it. He built a small hexagonal tower between the two rotundas facing the street, and opened up some of the interior walls, eliminating some of the brotherhood's meeting rooms. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/18/2011)
Type of Work
church; society buildingSubject
architecture, penitent orders, lay brotherhoods, Baroque, Seventeenth century
Rights
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