A first chapel was built here in 1230. Michel Noblet and François Levé began the present church in 1656, and funding shortages delayed completion until 1763. Charles Le Brun designed the side doorway on rue des Bernardins in 1669, and Charles Halley designed the main facade on rue Monge, finished only in 1937. The lead credits the facade to Le Brun, which conflicts with the body text. The infobox calls the style Classical, while the text calls the interior Baroque. The article gives no materials or dimensions. The only surviving part of the earlier church is the bell tower.
The Revolution closed the church and destroyed most of its art. Traditionalist followers of Father François Ducaud-Bourget occupied it in 1977, and the eviction order was never carried out.
The city of Paris claims ownership, and the Church holds a free right of use. The Society of St. Pius X runs it.
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