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Saint-Fiacre church, or Saint-Vincent-et-Saint-Fiacre is a neogothic style church, built in the 19th century in Nancy, and dedicated to Fiacre.

Location
Saint-Fiacre church is situated in the rue de Metz, north of the cours Léopold.

History
The founding vicar of this church is Joseph Simonin, born on 10th August 1798, in Drouville. He was the abbot Michel’s nephew. Joseph Simonin was the vicar of the trois-maisons parish, from 1831 to 1858. He funded the construction of Saint-Fiacre for a third party. Simonin died in 1858, and was buried at the entrance of the choir.

Saint-Fiacre church was designed by the architect Prosper Morey and inaugurated in 1855. It supersedes the old church in the Trois-Maisons faubourg and the church inBoudonville, built in 1721.

Organs
These organs were rebuilt by Haerpfer-Erman between 1974 and 1976 with new cases. They still retain the majority of the original pipes, from1856, designed by Jean Frédéric II Verschneider (1810-1884).

Architecture
The construction, in a sulpician style, which was devised by Prosper Morey, is composed of 4 altars, the choir and the pulpit are listed.