Its origins are unknown. Nothing remains of this original building, which probably served as a bridge from before the 11th century between the abbeys St. Benignus of Dijon and Saint-Maurice Agaune (in the Swiss Valais).

The north side entrance is the oldest element (fifteenth century). The building was remodeled several times. The bell tower is topped with Comté typically a roof called the Imperial, covered with glazed tiles. A tower houses the outdoor stairs to the clock, the bells and watchman's room charge of raising the alarm in case of fire. A nave, consisting of a nave and two aisles lined with side chapels, above the choir built in 1809. Soldiers is a chapel built in 1920 to commemorate the victims of WWI. The vaulting of the set is not uniform: vaults, rib vaults and ceilings. In 1970, Canon Prenel Launches Major restoration completed in 1974 with the installation of stained glass painter Alfred Manessier (1911-1993) who is a spiritual journey inspired by Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591) until the Alleluia the rose window of the choir.

Please note, various pieces of furniture including several protected under the Historic Monuments: a polychrome wooden statue of the Virgin and Child known as Virgin of Lausanne (fifteenth century), the high altar created by Irene Zack (1970), the organs of the 18th century restored and enhanced with a positive in 1982, the pulpit (1754), a recumbent Christ (sixteenth century), a Black Madonna and Child known as Our Lady of the Hermits or Our Lady of Einsiedeln (1690) which is the subject of a widespread cult in the Haut-Doubs.

St. Benignus Church

Church St. Benignus