Legend has it that the church was erected by the inhabitants of the place in honor of this meeting on the hillside of the village of Charonne.

[2] Large-scale stabilization work, employing the technique of jet grouting, was subsequently undertaken, preceded by an archaeological excavation.

[4] The excavation revealed a mass burial ground from the Carolingian period as well as a semi-circular chevet from the second half of the 12th century.

Examination of the uniform buttons allowed these remains to be identified as those of fédérés — soldiers who fought with the insurrection of the Paris Commune — who were summarily shot and hastily buried in May 1871.

In 1897, their remains were reinterred — again in an unmarked mass grave — along the wall on the south side of the current cemetery.

[8] This church is famous because of its prominent role in the final scenes of the cult film, Les Tontons flingueurs (literally, "The Gun-Toting Uncles").

[9] [10] During the wedding sequence, the audience sees the surrounding neighborhood of Paris (the Saint-Blaise district) as well as the interior of the church.

The very last scene of the movie — in which a car is blown up — takes place at the base of the stairs leading up to the church's entryway.