Sainte-Clotilde, Paris

Sainte-Clotilde, Paris
The west front of the church
48°51′30″N 2°19′09″E / 48.858333°N 2.319167°E / 48.858333; 2.319167
Country	France
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	www.sainte-clotilde.com
History
Status	Minor Basilica
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Monument historique
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1846 (1846)
Completed	1857 (1857)
Administration
Archdiocese	Paris

The Basilica of Saint Clotilde (Basilique Ste-Clotilde) is a basilica church located on the Rue Las Cases, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It was constructed between 1846 and 1856, and is the first example of a church in Paris in the neo-Gothic style.^[1]

The church takes its name from Saint Clotilde, the wife of King Clovis I, the first King of the Franks. She is said to have persuaded him to convert to Christianity as a condition of their marriage in 496.^[2]

The composer César Franck was organist of the church for thirty years.