Saint-Germain Cemetery
The Saint-Germain Cemetery or Saint-Pierre Cemetery was a rectangular cemetery in Paris, first attested in and used by Protestants from 1598 to 1604 onwards. It was located in the north-west corner of the former rue Taranne and rue des Saints-Pères, next to the Chapelle des Saint-Pères. Its site is now covered by Square Taras-Chevtchenko.
Owned by the parish of Saint-Sulpice, it was used for the burial of plague victims and lepers until 1544. Article 45 of the Edict of Nantes noted it as one of two Protestant cemeteries in Paris. The parish council required them to leave it in 1604 and they moved to the nearby Saints-Pères Cemetery. The Hôpital de la Charité briefly used the cemetery from 1604 to 1609.
Notable burials
- Claude Arnauld, un conseiller, notary and secretary to Henri IV, treasurer general to the généralité de Paris, died 1603.
- Monsieur de Rambouillet, one of the secretaries of Henri IV, died 1602.
- Sir Edward Herbert, attorney-general to King Charles I of England, died 1658.