[2] Then the priest Callot opened a little church on this place on 16 March 1856 as Napoleon III and his wife had said they will adopt as godparents all children born that day.

However, his plans were not fully respected, because the Father Durant, who presided over the church then, wanted a higher tower.

The staircase scheduled was never built because it would have required the demolition of the barracks on the other side of the street, what anticlericalism of the 3rd Republic could not tolerate.

It was used as a showroom by the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon established in the vicinity until 2008, and students did not clean the church when they moved.

[5] Priest Michel Durand, who served in the church, said it needs a deep renovation and wanted the Lyon mayor participated in the works.