Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre

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Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, in full Église Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre (French for Church of Saint Julian the Poor), is a Melkite Greek Catholic parish church in Paris, France, and one of the city's oldest religious buildings. Begun in Romanesque style during the 12th century, most of its architecture is Primary Gothic. It is in the 5th arrondissement, on the left bank of the Seine River, about 500 meters away from the Musée de Cluny and not far from the Maubert-Mutualité Paris Métro station. It shares a city block with the Square René Viviani.

Originally a Latin Catholic place of worship, Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre was built in stages from the 12th to the 19th centuries, and was granted to the Eastern Catholic Melkite community in 1889. The 12th-century design for the building was revised several times during the construction process, and the church is significantly smaller in size than originally planned.