A page of history in Montgaillard
Of the Montgaillard fortified castle, only a section of the wall remains. At the foot of the old northern rampart, the current church was certainly the castle chapel. Built at the same time as the castle, it belongs to the second Roman age (XIIe century). Important transformations, such as the inversion of the choir, have altered its character.
The three bays of the nave, covered with a frame, are punctuated by engaged columns. Collapsed during the great war, it was rebuilt and inaugurated in 1932. The old altar, facing east, was moved to the west and replaced by a new entrance door. The old door, facing north, has been blocked. After having been a castral church, it became a parish church in 1351 and placed under the invocation of Saint Colombe. The pastoral visit of 1404 tells us that the parish of Sainte-Colombe included two annexes : Saint-André-de-Maisons and Saint-Christol-de-Montrouch. The 5 June 1688, two bells were blessed by the priest and rector Sabatier, with the permission of Monsignor Bonzy, archbishop of Narbonne, Thomas Soucailles and Guillaume Bayssas being consuls, Michen Bayssas and Jacques Cros churchwardens. There is only one bell left in one of the two lower niches, the second was probably melted down during the Revolution.
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