St Catherine's Church was no longer sufficient to accommodate the growing population of Le Cannet, so it was decided to build a larger one, St Philomena's Church.
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Opened for worship on April 2, 1882, it was consecrated a parish church in 1907 and named Église Sainte-Philomène, in accordance with his wishes. Indeed, he brought back devotion to this saint from a "pious pilgrimage" to Ars. The priest, who had frequent meetings with Jean-Marie Baptiste Vianney, known as the "Curé d'Ars", vowed to build a church dedicated to the "radiant martyr", the only saint canonized without any historical knowledge of her life. According to tradition, she was found...
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- In the historic centre