Étienne Martellange

He travelled widely in France as an architect for the Jesuit order and designed more than 25 buildings, mostly schools and their associated chapels or churches.

His buildings reflect the Baroque style of the Counter-Reformation and include the Chapelle de la Trinité in Lyon and the church of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis in Paris.

[7] The Jesuits had established themselves in France in the 1560s but were temporarily banned in 1595 after the attempted assassination of Henry IV by Jean Châtel.

[8] The edict of Rouen issued by the king in 1603 allowed the Jesuits to return and they then began a very active period of expansion.

[9] Beginning in 1604 Martellange travelled around France working as an architect and organising the construction of Jesuit schools and novitiates.

[15] He began in 1604 with the Jesuit school in Sisteron and for the first few years worked on projects in the region of Lyon but after 1610 he travelled more widely.