The Church of Saint-étienne-du-Mont, on the hill of St. Genevieve, near the Pantheon. Before the French revolution in these places was the Abbey of St Genevieve. It was one of the largest monasteries of Paris, founded by Clovis and his wife Clotilde (V –VI century). The population of the surrounding neighborhoods grew, the congregation became more and more (in particular, at the expense of students from the nearby Sorbonne), and in 1222 Pope Honorius III gave his blessing for the construction of the parish Church of St. Stephen. By the end of the fifteenth century, however, and this Church was already too small for the congregation. In 1492, the Abbey has allocated land on mount St. Genevieve under the more capacious temple. The updated construction of the Church lasted for over a century, 1622-1626, was completed on its facade, and the building was consecrated by the Archbishop of Paris, Jean-françois de gondy.

Over the gate of the Church Saint-étienne-du-Mont is placed a relief depicting the death of the first Martyr, of the seventy disciples of St. Stephen. The Jerusalem deacon Stephen preached the Word of God, was tried and executed by stoning. Sveti Stefan is still revered in Catholicism and Orthodoxy.

The Church is huge: the length of the main nave is 69 meters and a width of about 30. Interior with magnificent stained glass Windows, the finest stone lace curtain galleries and staircases, numerous sculptures and a beautiful carved pulpit. Parisians loved the Church, brought the relics of the patron Saint of Paris, St. Genevieve.

The revolution, however, turned Saint-Etienne-du-Mont in "the temple of FILIAL piety. The relics of the patron Saint of Paris was thrown into the sewer, sculpture knocked over and smashed. The Church was consecrated again only in 1801, when Napoleon III it was restored and rebuilt the sculptural decoration.

In Saint-Etienne-du-Mont installed ornate cancer that holds the relics of St. Genevieve. Here lies the dust of Blaise Pascal and Jean Racine, the local cemetery was buried Marat.

In 1997, during his visit to Paris on the occasion of world youth day presided over the Holy Mass, Pope John Paul II.