Paul-Henri Marron
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Paul-Henri Marron was the first Reformed pastor in Paris following the French Revolution. Born in the Netherlands to a Huguenot family, Marron first came to Paris as the chaplain of the Dutch embassy.
Paul-Henri Marron, the first pastor of the Reformed Church in Paris
A bust of Pastor Paul-Henri Marron in the sacristy of l'Oratoire du Louvre
Marron's tomb
Oratoire du Louvre
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The Église réformée de l'Oratoire du Louvre is a historic Protestant church located at 145 rue Saint-Honoré – 160 rue de Rivoli in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, across the street from the Louvre. I
Paul-Henri Marron
…Napoleon decided to demolish Saint-Louis-du-Louvre to make way for an expansion of the Louvre. As a replacement building he gave Marron's congregation l'Oratoire du Louvre. Marion died on July 31, 1832, from a cholera epidemic and was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. He was still the preacher at l'Oratoire at the…
Front of the church from rue Saint-Honoré
Oratory of the Louvre (late 17th c.)
The classiscal facade on rue Saint-Honoré
The church seen from Rue de Rivoli