A temple for the worship of the God Mercury was erected on the current territory of the parish. The Temple was dedicated to the Virgin Maria after the preaching of the first apostles of Paris’ area. It was named ‘Notre-Dame des Vignes’ (Notre-Dame of the Vineyards). It was rebuilt under King Robert, ‘the pious’, (996-1031) who wanted to honor the place where Saint Denis would have celebrated the holy mysteries. At the same time, Noirmoutier’s Benedictines got the permission to disserve the Church and establish a priory. The vineyards that surrounded the Church were uprooted and the Church was for the first time called ‘Notre-Dame des Champs’ (Notre-Dame of the Fields). The Benedictines gave up ‘N-D des Champs’ to the Carmelites coming from Spain in 1603. Their monastery was one of the most famous places of Louis XIV century. The convent was closed during the Revolution, the church destroyed and only the memory of it remained, immortalized through the ‘Notre-Dames-des-Champs Street’. The ‘Notre-Dame des Champs’ Parish was built in 1858 with a wooden Chapel as place of worship. The first stone of the current Church was laid on March 17th, 1867. The Church received its benediction on October 31st, 1876. It finally received its consecration on March 25th, 1912, through Cardinal Amette, Archbishop of Paris.
