retained that denomination about four centuries afterwards; but at last
it took the name of the saint, in whose honour the parochial church had
been built. The present church was consecrated on the 27th january
1538. Neither its interior or exterior offer any thing worthy of notice.


SAINT-ROMAIN.

This was the chapel of the ancient _Carmes déchaussés_. Those fathers
obtained letters patent on the 27th july 1624. They purchased a house
at the entrance of the suburb Bouvreuil; which was then in the parish of
Saint-Godard, and laid the foundations of their monastery. The duke of
Longueville, laid the first stone of their church on the 20th november
1643, which they demolished in 1678, to build a new one, of which the
first stone was laid in the month of july 1679, by Mr Pierre de
Bec-de-Lièvre, first president of the _Cour des Aides_, who untill the
time of his death, which took place in july 1685, paid the whole
expenses of the building. After his death, his two sons MM. Pierre and
Thomas-Charles de Bec-de-Lièvre, finished the edifice at their own
expense. This is the present church: it was consecrated on the 21st of
december 1687. In 1791, it was dedicated to Saint-Romain, as one of the
chapels of ease of the town of Rouen. After having been shut for a time,
it was again placed amongst the chapels of ease, in 1802. It is now a
parochial church. On the front, which faces the east, we find the
following inscription in large, letters of gold:

SANCTO ROMANO

PATROCINANTE.