Peggy Shannon has spent the past six years researching and photographing notable and lesser-known churches in Paris. During thousands of hours on the ground in the City of Light, she has interviewed and developed close relationships with historians, city administrators, clergy, academics and tour guides. These relationships have given her exceptional access to the little-known historical details and fascinating behind-the-scenes information that inform the texts accompanying her photographs. Shannon holds a B.A. degree in psychology and religion from the Santa Fe College, and studied folklore and arts administration in the Master’s Program at Indiana University. She divides her time between Paris, France, Cincinnati, Ohio and Nova Scotia.

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• CONTENTSIntroduction by Scott Simon 91st ArrondissementLa Sainte-Chapelle 10Saint-Eustache 24Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois 34Saint-Roch 422nd ArrondissementNotre-Dame-des-Victoires 523rd ArrondissementSainte-Élisabeth-de-Hongrie 60Notre-Dame Cathedral 68Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux 84Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais 90Saint-Louis-en-l’Île 101Saint-Merry 106Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis 1145th ArrondissementSaint-Étienne-du-Mont 120Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas 130Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre 136Saint-Séverin 1446th ArrondissementLa Chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 152Saint-Germain-des-Prés 160Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes 170Saint-Sulpice 1787th ArrondissementBasilique Sainte-Clotilde 188La Chapelle de l’Epiphanie des Missions Etrangèreset la Salle des Martyrs 194La Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Médaille Miraculeuse 198Saint-François-Xavier 206Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin 2168th ArrondissementCathedral Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky 224La Madeleine 234Saint-Augustin 242The American Cathedral in Paris 2519th ArrondissementNotre-Dame-de-Lorette 260La Sainte-Trinité 270Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile 27610th ArrondissementSaint-Vincent-de-Paul 28011th ArrondissementSainte-Marguerite 29018th ArrondissementBasilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre 298Saint-Pierre de Montmartre 306Basilique Cathédrale de Saint-Denis 314Acknowledgements 330Author’s Note 331About the Authors 331Selected Bibliography 332