Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont
In Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, a Catholic church on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, the city’s spiritual centre sat close to the Panthéon—and it is that combination of Parisian devotion and famous burials that makes it stand out in the story of the Left Bank. The church was built in the late 15th century, with construction beginning in 1494, and it was conceived in a flamboyant Gothic idiom. Its interior heritage was unusually specific: it contained the shrine of St. Geneviève, patron saint of Paris, and it held the tombs of Blaise Pascal and Jean Racine. The carved tympanum, *The Stoning of Saint Stephen*, was the work of Gabriel-Jules Thomas. Music also left its mark—Maurice Duruflé served as titular organist from 1929 until his death in 1986. This church was later demolished, so the building itself no longer stands at the site—yet its commemorations of saint, scholar, and composer endure in historical memory.
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