The most prestigious artists of the time, Philippe de Champagne, Charles Le Brun and Simon Vouet participated in the decoration of the chapels.

The church hosted the funerals of both the King and of Cardinal Richelieu, as well as Queens Anne of Austria and Maria Theresa of Spain.

He completed the last two traveres of the nave, built the Neoclassical facade on rue Saint-Honoré (1744-1746) and then redesigned the interior with a balance of the earlier Baroque architecture and the new neo-classical style.

[5] In 1792, during the French Revolution, the Revolutionary government formally abolished all religious orders, including the congregation of the Oratory.

the church was closed, and was turned into a meeting place the for the national academy of medicine, and also to store sets for the Paris Opera and the Comedie-Francaise.

In 1793, as the Revolution became more radical and anti-clerical, the church was ransacked, the statues and architecture mutilated, and the chapels emptied of their art.

In 1853, to make room for the Rue de Rivoli, one of the new streets cut through the center of the city by Baron Haussman, the convent of the old church was demolished.

who commissioned the leading painters of the period, including Simon Vouet, Philippe de Champagne, and Charles le Brun to decorate them.

The central sculpture over the portal represents the Protestant leader Gaspard II de Coligny, who was killed during the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre.

It was created by the architect Scellier de Gisors and the sculptor Gustave-Adolphe Crauck (1827-1905) [8] Most of the paintings from this period were destroyed during the French Revolution.