Saint Antoine
des Quinze-vingts 1 2
66, avenue Ledru Rollin, 75012 Paris
Orgue de tribune
1894- Cavaillé-Coll
1909 - Gutschenritter
1956* - Pierre Cheron et Philippe Hartmann
1982 - Barbéris
1992/2004** - Fossaert
* 1956: additionj of a clairon 4 on the pedal;
** 2004 renewal of the clairon of Cheron/Hartmann
Photos of the organ: Victor Weller
Organiste titulaire
Eric Lebrun
Concerts
Regularly
Masses with organ
Saturday 6h30 p.m., Sunday 10h45 a.m., 7h00
p.m.
Videos
Eric Lebrun
Originally, the great organ of the Saint-Antoine des
Quinze-Vingts was built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll in 1894
for the personal hotel of the Baron de l’Espée in Paris.
This organ was transferred to the new Church of Saint-
Antoine by Gutschenritter in 1909. In 1956, Pierre Chéron
and Philippe Hartmann worked on the organ and added
a 4' Clarion to pedal. In 1982, Jacques Barbéris, assisted
by Marc Hédelin and Philippe Mattéi, accomplished a
comprehensive restoration. In 1992-1992 Yves Fossaert
cleaned and repaired the organ and replaced the Clairon
4’ of 1956 for a new one.
Before the French Revolution, the territory
corresponding to the 12th arrondissement belonged to
the parish of Saint Paul and then to the sainte-
Marguerite estate. But two establishments had the
privilege of exercising the "cure of soul": the abbey of
Cistercian nuns of Saint-Antoine des Champs and the
hospice of the Quinze-Vingts, the foundation of St.
Louis.
The abbey was abolished in 1790 and the monastery
assigned to St. Anthony's Hospital in 1795. The new
parish of Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts was created
on 4 February 1791 and received the abbey as a place of
worship. It was sold as a national property in 1798 and
then destroyed. The chapel of the Quinze-Vingts
hospice served as a parish church for a century, until
the construction of the present church, which was
completed in 1903 and dedicated to Saint Anthony the
Great on November 11, 1909.