Built at Amiens, in the Somme, at the end of the 15th century, the Saint-Leu church is one of the twelve oldest parishes in the city. Dedicated to St. Leu, bishop of Sens in the seventh century, it takes place on the remains of an old priory dedicated to St. Lambert.
Close to the cathedral and listed as a Historical Monument, this flamboyant Gothic building has a plan with three vessels built on the model of the market halls to adapt to the structure of the ground.
Stripped of its furniture in 1793, it was transformed into a fodder store for the army. It will however be returned to worship three years later under the Directory. Restored in the 19th century, it saw its last stained glass windows destroyed by German bombing during the First World War in 1918.
Inside, several works of art have been classified as Historical Monuments as an object, like a wooden pity Christ of the fifteenth century, a statue of Saint Michael by Jacques-Firmin Vimeux or a high altar by Jean-Baptiste Carpentier with Eucharistic glory of the Duthoit brothers.
