Saint Privatius
rue de l'église 1
55300 Bislée
Church | XIIIe siècle | Romanesque, Gothic | Catholic Church
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Opening hours
01 June - 30 September
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri 10.00 - 18.00
Sat 10.00 - 18.00
Sun 10.00 - 18.00
Guided tour
Description
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Remarkable elements
Liturgical font
In a niche in the chancel there are two basins. These were used by the priest to wash his hands before handling and purifying the offerings, which might have been in kind. This custom continues today, symbolically, in the lavabo rite, when the priest wets only his fingertips.
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Funerary plaque
Listed as a historic monument, this plaque from the mid-18th century commemorates Nicolas Thonin and his wife Anthoinette Varin on the occasion of the establishment of a perpetual Mass of the Blessed Sacrament at the church in Bislée.
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Stained glass
This series of stained-glass windows, in which the colour blue predominates, depicts scenes from the life of Christ. Installed mainly thanks to donations from local families, they were restored during the 2020s.
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Scale model
In the early 1950s, a gathering of the Saint-Mihiel deanery invited each parish to bring a scale model of its church. Some were made of cardboard or wood and are instantly recognisable. This is a memory that still lives on among the older generation, who sometimes even recall the name of the person (or family) who made the model of their church!
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Way of the Cross
Installed in the late 1960s, this Way of the Cross is full of surprises: set up by the Dutch priest Father Salvator, the stations are written… in Dutch. Only a few stations remain today following restoration work. This has given the parish the opportunity to launch a project centred on a new Way of the Cross: a contemporary version comprising 15 photographs that offer a modern perspective on the stages of the Passion of Christ.
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Statue of Saint Anne and the Virgin Mary
A 17th-century polychrome wooden sculpture, listed as a historic monument, depicting the education of the Virgin Mary by Saint Anne.
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