eu, San Martin eliza (Ahetze) , infobox_width = , image =Ahetze Aurore.jpg , image_size = , caption = , map_type = , map_size = , map_caption = , location = Ahetze, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, , geo = , latitude = , longitude = , religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic Church , rite = Roman , region = , state = , province =

Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar and Oloron The Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron, commonly Diocese of Bayonne, ( Latin: ''Dioecesis Baionensis, Lascurrensis et Oloronensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron''; Basque: ''Baionako, Leskarreko eta Oloroeko elizbarrutia'' ...

, territory = , prefecture = , sector = , district = , cercle = , municipality = , consecration_year = , status = Parish church , functional_status =Active , heritage_designation = , leadership = , website = , architecture =yes , architect = , architecture_type = church , architecture_style = , general_contractor = , facade_direction = , groundbreaking =16th century , year_completed = , construction_cost = , specifications = , capacity = , length = , width = , width_nave = , height_max = , dome_quantity = , dome_height_outer = , dome_height_inner = , dome_dia_outer = , dome_dia_inner = , minaret_quantity = , minaret_height = , spire_quantity = , spire_height = St. Martin's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Ahetze, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. It is dedicated to Saint

Martin of Tours Martin of Tours ( la, Sanctus Martinus Turonensis; 316/336 – 8 November 397), also known as Martin the Merciful, was the third bishop of Tours. He has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints in France, heralded as the ...

. It was registered as an official Historical Monument on June 5, 1973.

Description

St. Martin Church is located at a crossing point of the

Way of St. James The Camino de Santiago ( la, Peregrinatio Compostellana, "Pilgrimage of Compostela"; gl, O Camiño de Santiago), known in English as the Way of St James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the Twelve Apostle ...

. Its construction started in the 16th century. It contains an 18th-century wooden statue of St. James in pilgrim clothing, an 18th-century statue of the Assumption of Mary, an 18th-century

altarpiece An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting o ...

and a 15th-century processional cross. The arms of this cross are garnished with small bells. During a witch trial in 1609, this cross was considered as a diabolical object by Councillor Pierre de Lancre. The cemetery of the church features a . Another stele from Ahetze is exhibited at the . File:Ahetze 2005-01-01.jpg, The church File:Ahetze Rue.JPG, The bell tower seen from the village File:AHETZE - Eglise Saint-Martin 01.jpg, The bell tower File:Ahetze (Pyr-Atl., Fr) Église avec chevet.JPG, The apse File:Ahetze Statue.JPG, The entrance of the church File:Ahetze (Pyr-Atl, Fr) Autel.JPG, The altar with Jesus Christ and two pilgrims File:Ahetze (Pyr-Atl., Fr) Détail du retable, l'Annonciation.JPG, Detail of the altarpiece: the Annunciation File:Ahetze (Pyr-Atl., Fr) Vitrail Notre Dame du Rosaire, Mater purissima.JPG, The ''Notre-Dame du Scapulaire, Mater purissima'' stained-glass window File:Ahetze (Pyr-Atl., Fr) reflets de steles au cimetière.JPG, A disc-shaped stele File:AHETZE - Eglise Saint-Martin 02.jpg, The choir of the church

References

External links

64009 - Ahetze - Église Saint-Martin
, ''Clochers de France''

Churches in Pyrénées-Atlantiques Monuments historiques of Nouvelle-Aquitaine 16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in France 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in France 16th-century establishments in France {{BasqueCountry-stub