Notre Dame de l'Assomption, les Saintes

For other uses, see Notre Dame (disambiguation).

Notre-Dame de l'Assomption
File:Tdhchurch.jpg Front of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption's church
Basic information
Geographic coordinates
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin rite
Region	Guadeloupe
State	Roman Catholicism in France
Province	Archdiocese of Fort-de-France
Territory	diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pître
Municipality	Terre-de-Haut (Îles des Saintes)
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Church
Status	Active
Architectural description
Architectural type	French Baroque
Groundbreaking	2nd quarter of the 19th century
Monument historique
Official name: Eglise Notre-Dame de l'Assomption
Designated	1979
Reference no.	PA00105873
Denomination	Église

Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (French for Our Lady of Assumption) is a Roman Catholic Church of the archipelago of Îles des Saintes, a dependency of the French Overseas department of Guadeloupe. It is located in rue Jean Calot in Fond-du-Curé, a quartier (locality) of Terre-de-Haut Island. It is Latin Rite parish which is included in the diocese of Guadeloupe (Latin: Dioecesis Imae Telluris et Petrirostrensis), a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference. It is registered on the National Heritage Site of France (Monument historique) by ministerial decree of 31 December 1979.

Origin

The parish was dedicated to the Virgin of the Assumption in honour of the French victory of 15 August 1666, against the English troops. Sir. du Lion established the cult and the feast day on the island in remembrance. Notre-Dame de l'Assomption became from then on the Patron saint of Terre-de-Haut.

Bell tower

Four bells compose the bell tower of the church: the first one is a bell dated since 10 April 1820 which results from foundries Villain, caster in le Havre. The second is a bell offered by M. Lasserre, commissioner of Marie Maria Victoria (a monastery), melted by Astier in Nantes in 1884. The third bell was melted for the parish under Charles FOY's mandature, Mayor of Terre-de-Haut and Abbé (Abbot) Ruffin, Priest of the parish. it was melted by Ferdinand Farnier, in Robecourt (Vosges) and baptized Maria Antonia. The fourth and last bell was installed on 23 April 2006 and baptized by Ernest Cabo, Bishop of Guadeloupe. It was offered by the municipality at the end of the rebuilding of the bell tower destroyed by Les Saintes earthquake of 21 November 2004.

See also

• Roman Catholic Marian churches
• Assumption of Mary
• History of les Saintes