Church of Saint-Claud
The Church of Saint-Claud is located in Saint-Claud, in the region of New Aquitaine. In the eleventh century, the church was attached to the priory Saint-Claud, a barony of the Counts of La Rochefoucauld. At the end of the 14th and early 15th century, they modified the church, adding a crypt to house the sarcophagus of Saint Claud (Clodald), a monk and hermit assimilated to the little son of Clovis.
About this building
The Church of Saint-Claud church is located in Saint-Claud, in the region of New Aquitaine. In the eleventh century, the church was attached to the priory of Saint-Claud (Abbey of Charroux), which was part of the barony of the counts of La Rochefoucauld. The counts modified the church in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century, adding a crypt to accommodate the sarcophagus of St. Claud (Clodald), a monk and hermit assimilated to the son of Clovis and raising the choir.
The upper parts of the Romanesque bell tower were partially dismantled and replaced in the nineteenth century, by a neogothic bell tower. The church is built to a Latin cross plan, with a three bay nave that is flanked by two Gothic style aisles. The nave is extended by a choir of two bays.
The coat of arms of La Rochefoucauld is visible on the facade as well as inside the building. Stained glass windows also include family faces that have worked on the construction. The arched entrance door is framed by molded buttresses, topped with pinnacles.
