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The first church of Bouteville, said a chapel, was dedicated to Saint Nicolas and was north of the castle, in the valley. It was built near the washtub seen earlier, and was destroyed in 1248.
In 1025, Hildegarde lady of Bouteville, built a priory church now become parish dedicated to St. Paul ..
The daughter of the founder, Petronilla, wife of the Earl of Angouleme, added to the church a transept, whose lattice window still exists.
Petronilla was buried at the church and you can still read his epitaph on the stone to the right of the door. Her name appears in the family tree of more than 15 European royal families reigning or having reigned. She may be considered as a great-grandmother of Europe!
In the twelfth century the chapel was added to the south, built on a crypt.
The Church of St. Paul was given to the abbey of Savigny, near Lyon. The church had two naves juxtaposed; followed by the southern transept, with bell tower on the square, and a semi-circular apse.
The nave was destroyed by the British in the late fourteenth century. Protestants ravaged the other party, the tower and the nave collapsed in 1682.
Repairs were made at various times in the fifteenth century, circa 1624 by Louise of Luxembourg, widow of Lord of Bouteville and during the nineteenth century.
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