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Address 6 Place Saint-Irénée, 69005 Lyon, France Similar Church of Saint‑Just - Lyon, Church of Saint‑Bruno des Chart, Église Saint‑Paul, Basilica of Saint‑Martin d'Ainay, Église Saint‑Bonaventure | ||
The Saint Irenaeus Church, Lyon, located on the heights of Lyon in the neighborhood of St. Irenaeus (5th arrondissement of Lyon), is one of the oldest churches in France. It is named for Irenaeus first Bishop of Lyon and Primate of Gaul.
Indeed, the crypt of the church dates from the 9th century, the beginning of the Carolingian period, while the church itself has been rebuilt, after many vicissitudes, in the early 19th century and completed in 1830. It makes the church a rare monument of the Middle Ages. The church is the subject of a classification as Monuments historiques from 1862.
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