Church of Saint-Sulpice, Jumet

Church of Saint-Sulpice
Religion
Affiliation	Catholic
District	Diocese of Tournai
Province	Hainaut
Region	Wallonia
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Church
Status	Active
Location
Location	Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium
Municipality	Charleroi
Geographic coordinates	50°27′03″N 4°25′33″E / 50.450875°N 4.425897°E / 50.450875; 4.425897
Architecture
Groundbreaking	1750
Completed	1753

The Church of Saint Sulpice (French: Église Saint-Sulpice; French pronunciation: [sɛ̃sylpis]) is a Catholic church in Jumet, a neighborhood of the Belgian city of Charleroi in Hainaut Province, Wallonia.^[1] It is dedicated to Sulpitius the Pious. The oldest material traces of a religious building on the site date back to the 10th century. Three churches built there before the current structure were identified during excavations carried out in 1967. The current classical building was built between 1750 and 1753 by an unknown architect.^[2] The brick and limestone church is uniform in appearance. It is composed of six bayed naves flanked by aisles, a three-sided transept, and a choir with a polygonal ambulatory with a sacristy in its axis. The chamfered base is in dimension stone on the frontage and in rubble stones and sandstone for the rest of the base. All of the building's angles are toothed and every second stone is bossed. The church has been listed as a Belgian cultural heritage site since 1949.