Église d'Epy

This church is dedicated to Saint Victor and Saint Ursus, martyrs of the Theban legion, whose feast day is celebrated on 29 September. It comprises a bell tower, a gallery, a nave, two chapels, a rectangular sanctuary and a sacristy. The bell tower is crowned by a quadrangular pyramid-shaped spire with a tiled roof. The interior of the church is barrel-vaulted and decorated with pilasters on which the double arches rise. The chapels are cross-vaulted. The choir, which is narrower and older than the nave, appears to date back to the 13th century.

In the walls below the bell tower, there are two fragments of stone sculpture from a very beautiful altar. One depicts Christ on Calvary and several people at the foot of the cross; the other, Saint Gregory, Pope, celebrating the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass before becoming Pope and several figures descending from heaven to offer him the tiara. Each of these fragments is complete and well preserved. They are all the more precious for showing the art of statuary in its infancy.
In the cemetery surrounding the church, there is a beautiful stone cross depicting Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin and several other subjects sculpted in high relief.
The church at Épy was under the patronage of the monks of Gigny and Montmerle. They shared between them the tithe of the territory.