Church of St. Peter and St. Paul (Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis)
church located in Seine-Saint-Denis, in France
The church of St. Peter and St. Paul (French: église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul), formally the church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul du Haut-Montreuil, is a Roman Catholic church in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. It was the parish church of the royal Château de Vincennes.
Location
The church is located at the crossing of Boulevard Henri-Barbusse, Rue Franklin and Rue de l'Église in the commune of Montreuil just east of Paris. The chevet is located at 2, Rue de Romainville.
History
The parish of Montreuil was probably already formed in the Merovingian period as shown by the presence of a small monastery (Latin: monasteriolum) on a hill that overlooked Vincennes. This monastery was then probably the origin of the place name Montreuil.
In the 8th century, a royal decree testified the presence of a church on the site on the feast day of Sts. Peter and Paul (29 June).
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Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as church located in Seine-Saint-Denis, in France. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3583637. Authority coordinates are 48.864, 2.444. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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