It is notable for its Baroque interior, including a coffered ceiling painted in the 17th century, and its functioning bell dating back to 1401.
[1][2] Located along the Way of Saint James (Cami Roumieu), it likely served the small suburb of "Flocaria," which developed near one of the city's main gates.
The bridge-like arch crossing Rue Jacques Coeur is one of Montpellier's three remaining structures of this type, though often mistakenly associated with the Arc Pellissier of 1528.
[4] The chapel was destroyed during the French Wars of Religion, first in 1562 and again in 1568, with few remnants of the original structure surviving apart from portions of the facade and lateral walls.
Bishop Pierre de Fenouillet returned the ruins to the Confraternity of the White Penitents.