{"id":3616,"date":"2023-03-24T08:59:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T08:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10005\/?page_id=3616"},"modified":"2024-01-08T09:24:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T09:24:51","slug":"quotes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abbelecoutre.fr\/en\/?page_id=3616","title":{"rendered":"Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-3-background-color has-background\" id=\"block-b49e7f46-6822-4a85-a40a-15ec11ad9abe\">Quotes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">L&rsquo;ornementation de l&rsquo;\u00e9glise, v\u00e9ritable po\u00e8me de pierre, qui attestera longtemps et son z\u00e8le intelligent et son sens artistique peu commun, et sa t\u00e9nacit\u00e9 admirable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">The ornamentation of the church, a veritable poem in stone, will long bear witness to his intelligent zeal, his uncommon artistic sense and his admirable tenacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>M. le doyen de Desvres 1906<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Un cur\u00e9 de village \u2013 digne successeur des pr\u00eatres b\u00e2tisseurs du Moyen-Age &#8211; passa 43 ans de sa vie \u00e0 agrandir, embellir et d\u00e9corer son \u00e9glise \u2013 l&rsquo;\u00e9glise de Wirwignes, qui est aujourd&rsquo;hui l&rsquo;une des plus curieuses et des plus \u00e9mouvantes du pays boulonnais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">A village priest &#8211; worthy successor to the priest-builders of the Middle Ages &#8211; spent 43 years of his life enlarging, embellishing and decorating his church &#8211; the church of Wirwignes, which today is one of the most curious and moving in the Boulonnais region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Arnaud De Corbie 1933<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">De l&rsquo;ext\u00e9rieur, l&rsquo;\u00e9glise de Wirwignes ne paye pas de mine\u2026 Un \u00e9difice religieux du XIXe si\u00e8cle en briques comme tant d&rsquo;autres\u2026 Mais une fois pass\u00e9 le porche, le visiteur \u00e9carquille les yeux d&rsquo;\u00e9tonnement. Sous les projecteurs, les murs, les vo\u00fbtes et les colonnes foisonnent de couleurs et d&rsquo;ornements: peintures, mosa\u00efques en marbre, sculptures, inscriptions pieuses\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">From the outside, the church at Wirwignes doesn&rsquo;t look like much\u2026 A 19th century brick religious building like so many others\u2026 But once past the porch, visitors&rsquo; eyes widen in amazement. Under the spotlights, the walls, vaults and columns are bursting with colour and ornament: paintings, marble mosaics, sculptures, pious inscriptions\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>L&rsquo;\u00e9glise de Wirwignes &#8211; <em>La Voix du Nord<\/em>, 24 juillet 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Consid\u00e9rant que l&rsquo;\u00e9glise Saint-Quentin de Wirwignes pr\u00e9sente un int\u00e9r\u00eat du point de vue de l&rsquo;histoire et de l&rsquo;histoire de l&rsquo;art, suffisant pour en rendre d\u00e9sirable la protection comme une \u0153uvre d&rsquo;art totale, cr\u00e9ation originale de l&rsquo;abb\u00e9&nbsp;Lecoutre, et&nbsp;un \u00e9difice pionnier dans l&rsquo;\u00e9mergence de l&rsquo;Art na\u00eff en France dans le dernier tiers du XIXe si\u00e8cle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Considering that the church of Saint-Quentin in Wirwignes is of sufficient interest from the point of view of history and the history of art to make its protection desirable as a total work of art, an original creation by Abb\u00e9 Lecoutre, and a pioneering building in the emergence of naive art in France in the last third of the 19th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Arr\u00eat\u00e9 du 2 mai 2006 (r\u00e9f\u00e9rence 2006 D 6324) pour l&rsquo;inscription de l&rsquo;\u00e9glise \u00e0 l&rsquo;inventaire des monuments historiques.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Il la refit \u00e0 sa fa\u00e7on, afin de cat\u00e9chiser ses ouailles, de leur rendre le message divin plus accessible, s&rsquo;\u00e9loignant des canons esth\u00e9tiques ordinaires pour une \u00e9glise. Aid\u00e9 de quelques paroissiens, il mania habilement le ciment et en extrait des statues qu&rsquo;il installa dans l&rsquo;\u00e9glise: Adam et Eve, palmiers, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">He rebuilt it in his own way, to catechise his flock and make the divine message more accessible to them, moving away from the usual aesthetic canons for a church. With the help of a few parishioners, he skilfully worked the cement into statues that he installed in the church: Adam and Eve, palm trees, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moulini\u00e9 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Monument d&rsquo;art populaire du XVe si\u00e8cle, l&rsquo;\u00e9glise Saint-Quentin est un chef d&rsquo;\u0153uvre original. Cet \u00e9difice a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9cor\u00e9 de l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur par l&rsquo;abb\u00e9 Lecoutre qui a retrac\u00e9 ainsi ses voyages en Italie, en Terre Sainte \u00e0 la fa\u00e7on du Facteur Cheval, m\u00ealant le marbre et la pierre du Boulonnais dans un style oriental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">A 15th-century monument to popular art, Saint-Quentin church is an original masterpiece. The interior of the building was decorated by Abb\u00e9 Lecoutre, who retraced his travels in Italy and the Holy Land in the style of Facteur Cheval, combining marble and stone from the Boulonnais region in an oriental style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WIRWIGNES L&rsquo;\u00e9glise se visite jusque fin ao\u00fbt &#8211; <em>La Voix du Nord<\/em> 3 ao\u00fbt 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Surprenante, originale, avant-gardiste, l&rsquo;\u00e9glise Saint-Quentin de Wirwignes, situ\u00e9e dans l&rsquo;arri\u00e8re-pays vallonn\u00e9 du Boulonnais, est une curiosit\u00e9 \u00e0 ne pas manquer. En effet, l&rsquo;\u00e9glise est un exemple unique d&rsquo;un art populaire qui s&rsquo;inscrit dans le courant d&rsquo;Art Na\u00eff repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 par le Douanier Rousseau \u00e0 la fin du XIX\u00e8me si\u00e8cle\u2026<br>L&rsquo;abb\u00e9 Lecoutre [\u2026] cr\u00e9e une d\u00e9coration originale de son \u00e9glise du Pas-de-Calais: d\u00e9cor \u00e9tonnant m\u00ealant les couleurs et les accents orientaux avec les marbres et les pierres occidentaux. Il utilise un art lib\u00e9r\u00e9 des codes classiques, multiplie le mobilier, les statuettes et ins\u00e8re des maximes de la Bible dans les murs et les vo\u00fbtes. L&rsquo;\u00e9difice devient un support pour la cat\u00e9ch\u00e8se pour une population en partie illettr\u00e9e \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque. L&rsquo;abb\u00e9 souhaite aider ses paroissiens \u00e0 \u00eatre p\u00e9n\u00e9tr\u00e9s des enseignements de la Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Surprising, original and avant-garde, the church of Saint-Quentin in Wirwignes, situated in the hilly hinterland of the Boulonnais region, is a curiosity not to be missed. In fact, the church is a unique example of popular art that is part of the Na\u00efve Art movement represented by Douanier Rousseau at the end of the 19th century\u2026<br>Abb\u00e9 Lecoutre [\u2026] created an original decoration for his church in the Pas-de-Calais: an astonishing d\u00e9cor blending oriental colours and accents with western marble and stone. He used an art style that was free of classical codes, multiplying the furniture and statuettes and inserting maxims from the Bible into the walls and vaults. The building became a support for catechism teaching for a population that was largely illiterate at the time. The abbot wanted to help his parishioners learn from the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/(http:\/\/www.eglisesouvertes.be\/church_detail.asp?n=saint-quentin&amp;churchID=1742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Open churches (\u00e9glises ouvertes) Saint Quentin Wirwignes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Rarement l\u2019expression \u00ab son \u00e9glise \u00bb aura \u00e9t\u00e9 aussi exacte, car cette \u00e9glise est v\u00e9ritablement son \u0153uvre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Rarely has the expression \u00ab\u00a0his church\u00a0\u00bb been so accurate, for this church is truly his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Joyau m\u00e9connu, l\u2019\u00e9glise de Wirwignes est un exemple essentiel de ce que l\u2019on nomme \u00e0 la fin du XIXe si\u00e8cle \u00ab l\u2019Art Na\u00eff \u00bb, dont les artistes les plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bres sont le facteur Cheval et le douanier Rousseau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">A little-known gem, the church at Wirwignes is an essential example of what was known at the end of the 19th century as \u00ab\u00a0Na\u00efve Art\u00a0\u00bb, whose most famous artists were Le facteur Cheval and Le douanier Rousseau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Chaque d\u00e9tail, imagin\u00e9 et sculpt\u00e9 par l&rsquo;abb\u00e9, est porteur de sens; des autels aux sculptures, en passant par les confessionnaux ou la chaire, rien n&rsquo;est laiss\u00e9 au hasard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Every detail, imagined and sculpted by the Abb\u00e9, carries meaning; from the altars to the sculptures, from the confessionals to the pulpit, nothing is left to chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"> C\u2019est sans aucun doute un des \u00e9difices religieux les plus surprenants de notre r\u00e9gion. L\u2019int\u00e9rieur est enti\u00e8rement d\u00e9cor\u00e9 de fresques du XIXe entre Art Na\u00eff et orientalisme. Un foisonnement pictural qu\u2019on doit \u00e0 l\u2019abb\u00e9 Paul Am\u00e9d\u00e9 Lecoutre qui pendant plus de 40 ans va transformer l\u2019int\u00e9rieur de l\u2019\u00e9glise Saint-Quentin en un livre d\u2019images absolument hallucinant. A visiter vraiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">This is undoubtedly one of the most surprising religious buildings in our region. The interior is entirely decorated with nineteenth-century frescoes combining naive art and orientalism. This pictorial profusion is the work of Abb\u00e9 Paul Am\u00e9d\u00e9 Lecoutre, who for over 40 years transformed the interior of Saint-Quentin church into an absolutely mind-blowing picture book. A must-see!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nord-decouverte.fr\/la-tarte-au-papin-specialite-du-pas-de-calais\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nord-decouverte.fr\/la-tarte-au-papin-specialite-du-pas-de-calais\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Caroline No\u00ebl, Nord D\u00e9couverte 3 janvier 2021<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-3-background-color has-background\" id=\"block-b49e7f46-6822-4a85-a40a-15ec11ad9abe\">Foreign visitors appreciate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Wow, such marvelous painting inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">This church is a real treasure!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Extraordinary place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">The paintings were done with love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">I&rsquo;ve never seen a church so thoroughly decorated as this one\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">It is rare that church interiors, other than cathedrals or other really exceptional sites, stir my imagination, but this place had something special in the air inside it\u2026 the soul of the artist who decorated it lives on there\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">What if the whole world was like that? Wonderful thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Just fantastic! A real treasure!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Wow! All the painted detail is amazing, I don&rsquo;t believe I have ever been in a Church emblished in any way like this. I like it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">This is the kind of interior that makes my heart sing and to know the artist&rsquo;s name is so rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/magiclanternshowen.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/wirwignes-decorated-church.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Magic Lantern Show or \u2026 Mr. Toad&rsquo;s travel diary<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-3-background-color has-background\" id=\"block-b49e7f46-6822-4a85-a40a-15ec11ad9abe\">Abb\u00e9 Lecoutre in books<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As early as 1882, Daniel Haigner\u00e9 mentioned the work of Abb\u00e9 Paul Lecoutre, without however making any assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">L&rsquo;\u00e9glise de Wirwignes, sous le vocable de S. Quentin, \u00e9tait un \u00e9difice du XVe ou du XVIe si\u00e8cle, qui vient d&rsquo;\u00eatre enti\u00e8rement restaur\u00e9 et consid\u00e9rablement agrandi par les soins de M. l&rsquo;abb\u00e9 Paul Lecoutre, natif de Wierre-Effroy, cur\u00e9 actuel. C&rsquo;est \u00e0 lui et \u00e0 son \u0153uvre qu&rsquo;un homme de foi et de c\u0153ur, feu M. Adolphe G\u00e9rard, faisait allusion en 1873, lorsqu&rsquo;il signalait \u00e0 la reconnaissance de ses contemporains le z\u00e8le de ces simples desservants qui consacrent \u00e0 la r\u00e9g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de leurs \u00e9glises un d\u00e9vouement sans bornes, un savoir qu&rsquo;ils sont seuls \u00e0 ne pas reconna\u00eetre, un d\u00e9sint\u00e9ressement pour lequel la langue ne fournit pas assez d&rsquo;\u00e9loges, car, disait-il, ils y absorbent leur patrimoine (1).<br>(1) <em>Chemin de fer de Saint-Omer &#8211; B\u00e9n\u00e9diction de la gare de Lottinghen, le dimanche 14 ao\u00fbt 1873<\/em>. Boulogne-sur-Mer: Imprimerie Camille Le Roy, pages 6-7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">The church in Wirwignes, dedicated to S. Quentin, was built in the 15th or 16th century and has just been completely restored and considerably enlarged by Abb\u00e9 Paul Lecoutre, a native of Wierre-Effroy and the current parish priest. It was to him and his work that a man of faith and heart, the late M. Adolphe G\u00e9rard, alluded in 1873, when he pointed out to the gratitude of his contemporaries the zeal of these simple servants who devote to the regeneration of their churches a boundless devotion, a knowledge that only they do not recognise, a selflessness for which the language does not provide enough praise, because, he said, they absorb their heritage in it (1).<br>(1) <em>Chemin de fer de Saint-Omer &#8211; B\u00e9n\u00e9diction de la gare de Lottinghen, le dimanche 14 ao\u00fbt 1873<\/em>. Boulogne-sur-Mer: Imprimerie Camille Le Roy, pages 6-7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Haigner\u00e9 D. (1882)\u00a0pages\u00a0434-435<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul Lecoutre&rsquo;s work seems to have been ignored by the French for a long time. In 1914 the Englishmen W. D. Craufurd, E. Manton and E. A. Manton, in their travel guide <em>Peeps into Picardy<\/em>, republished in 1919, gave a glowing description.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">In the little village of Wirwignes \u2014 some three miles off, hidden away from the world \u2014 there is to be seen a remarkable monument to human perseverance and determination. Probably few will have heard of, or indeed will ever hear of, this little village church ; still, those who do visit it must bow their heads in reverence before the work, done by a simple cur\u00e9, to the glory of his Maker. He worked unceasingly, and, unlike the Lady of Shalott, who left her task to gaze at the passers-by, stuck to his work until he was able to see his long-wished-for ideal completed, his life-work accomplished ere- he died. The cur\u00e9 decorated this church almost entirely by his own handiwork. The only assistance he received was by the gift of marble for his mosaics and colours for his paintings. All the side chapels, of which there are a great many, are done in mosaic, with slabs of marble in various designs to form a dado on either side of the altars. No two chapels are alike. The Stations of the Cross, sculptured in stone and tinted, are let into the wall round the church. The pillars are each painted with different designs, some quite excellent. The two large pillars supporting the chancel arch are coated with marble mosaics, as in the inner walls of the church, including the space under the centre tower and the baptistery. The floor is marble. The altars are all of carved stone, with the exception of the high altar, which, with its altar rails, is Renaissance, and of carved wood. Many of the super-altars in the chapels are most curious in design, especially the representations in the chapel of St. Joseph, of the Virgin and Child and St. Joseph in ordinary beds, with bedclothes. These are done in relief, with gold background. Small coloured statuettes of the saints are all round the centre chancel arch, in niches, and again on pedestals above the capitals of the pillars throughout the church. The pulpit deserves special attention. The pedestal represents the \u00ab\u00a0Fall\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 the figures of Adam and Eve being about half life size, whilst the Tree forms the support in white marble. Behind, on the pillar, is a figure of Christ, also in relief.<br>The church stands as a glorious monument to human perseverance and devotion to a higher cause. It was in this same spirit our great cathedrals were raised. The cure\u2019s grave, just outside the church on the north side, bears this inscription: \u00ab\u00a0A la m\u00e9moire de M. l\u2019Abb\u00e9 Paul Lecoutre, cur\u00e9 de Wirwignes pendant 43 ans, 1863-1906, pieusement d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 dans sa paroisse le 12 Novembre 1906, dans sa 77e ann\u00e9e;\u00a0\u00bb but the church is his real monument, for it will long preserve his memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Craufurd, Manton &amp; Manton (1914) pages 74-76<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1915-1916, the Canadian Clare Gass provided an astonishing and moving account of the Wirwignes church, especially given the history of this nursing sister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JULY 29 [1915]<\/strong><br>Ruth &amp; I had a half day off so decided to go to Wirwignes to see the little church, built by the hands of one man, the Cur\u00e9 of the Parish We went through Neuve Chatel, on to Samer, out through Wierre aux Bois &amp; Carly: then at the sign post turned into a narrow stony unfrequented road which took us out to the Montreuil road in sight of the spire of our little church. [\u2026] Our church was even more wonderful than the description in Peeps into Picardy led us to believe. It surely does not carry out all the laws of architecture, but love is the sign that is written all over its workman ship, &amp; the cleverness of the detail &amp; of the whole construction is wonderful. We sat in the church for a long time thinking of the single minded ness &amp; the earnestness of the soul of the builder (pages 47-48).<br><strong>JULY 2 [1916]<\/strong><br>Ruth &amp; I bycicled in last [h]ours out to Wirwignes to see the little \u00ab\u00a0home made\u00a0\u00bb church which we admired so much last year. We had tea in the Boulogne Woods. Strawberries &amp; bread &amp; butter &amp; were so hungry. Stayed in the church for about half an hour then returned (page 128).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Susan Mann (ed.) (2000). &nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>The war diary of Clare Gass, 1915-1918<\/em>. Montreal and London: McGill-Queen&rsquo;s University Press, pages 47-8 et 128<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The church at Wirwignes features in Dominique Arnaud&rsquo;s Le guide du Boulonnais et de la C\u00f4te d&rsquo;Opale, but is not mentioned in the \u00ab\u00a0big\u00a0\u00bb French tourist guides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Arnaud D. (1988) &#8211;&nbsp;<em>Le guide du Boulonnais et de la C\u00f4te d&rsquo;Opale<\/em>. Lyon: La Manufacture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"Plus\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-3-background-color has-background\" id=\"block-b49e7f46-6822-4a85-a40a-15ec11ad9abe\">Abb\u00e9 Lecoutre in the press<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Comment un cur\u00e9 de village \u2013 digne successeur des pr\u00eatres b\u00e2tisseurs du Moyen-Age &#8211; passa 43 ans de sa vie \u00e0 agrandir, embellir et d\u00e9corer son \u00e9glise \u2013 l&rsquo;\u00e9glise de Wirwignes, qui est aujourd&rsquo;hui l&rsquo;une des plus curieuses et des plus \u00e9mouvantes du pays boulonnais<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">How a village priest &#8211; a worthy successor to the priest-builders of the Middle Ages &#8211; spent 43 years of his life enlarging, embellishing and decorating his church &#8211; the church of Wirwignes, which today is one of the most curious and moving in the Boulonnais region<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Arnaud de Corbie &#8211; <em>Le T\u00e9l\u00e9gramme<\/em> du Pas-de-Calais, 27 mai 1933<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L&rsquo;\u00e9glise de Wirwignes: Vieux message d&rsquo;un cur\u00e9 de campagne, mais aussi chef d&rsquo;\u0153uvre d&rsquo;art populaire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">The church at Wirwignes: An old country parish priest&rsquo;s message, but also a masterpiece of folk art<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dominique Arnaud<\/strong> &#8211; <strong><em>La Voix du Nord<\/em>, 21 ao\u00fbt 1981, page 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">La foi cr\u00e9atrice du cur\u00e9 de Wirwignes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">The creative faith of the parish priest of Wirwignes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Nord-Matin<\/em>, 1 ao\u00fbt 1990<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">L&rsquo;\u00e9glise de Wirwignes<br>De l&rsquo;ext\u00e9rieur, l&rsquo;\u00e9glise de Wirwignes ne paye pas de mine\u2026 Un \u00e9difice religieux du XIXe si\u00e8cle en briques comme tant d&rsquo;autres\u2026 Mais une fois pass\u00e9 le porche, le visiteur \u00e9carquille les yeux d&rsquo;\u00e9tonnement. Sous les projecteurs, les murs, les vo\u00fbtes et les colonnes foisonnent de couleurs et d&rsquo;ornements : peintures, mosa\u00efques en marbre, sculptures, inscriptions pieuses\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">The church in Wirwignes<br>From the outside, the church in Wirwignes doesn&rsquo;t look like much\u2026 A 19th-century brick religious building like so many others\u2026 But once past the porch, visitors&rsquo; eyes widen in amazement. Under the spotlights, the walls, vaults and columns are bursting with colour and ornament: paintings, marble mosaics, sculptures, pious inscriptions\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>La Voix du Nord<\/em>, 24 juillet 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">WIRWIGNES L&rsquo;\u00e9glise se visite jusque fin ao\u00fbt<br>Monument d&rsquo;art populaire du XVe si\u00e8cle, l&rsquo;\u00e9glise Saint-Quentin est un chef d&rsquo;\u0153uvre original. Cet \u00e9difice a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9cor\u00e9 de l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur par l&rsquo;abb\u00e9 Lecoutre qui a retrac\u00e9 ainsi ses voyages en Italie, en Terre Sainte \u00e0 la fa\u00e7on du Facteur Cheval, m\u00ealant le marbre et la pierre du Boulonnais dans un style oriental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">WIRWIGNES The church can be visited until the end of August<br>A 15th-century folk art monument, Saint-Quentin church is an original masterpiece. 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