Chapel of the Starzyński family and Kazimierz Abramowicz, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.
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Chapel of the Starzyński family and Kazimierz Abramowicz

Paris | France

Père-Lachaise Cemetery

ID: NGR-019335-P/194082

Chapel of the Starzyński family and Kazimierz Abramowicz

Paris | France
Père-Lachaise Cemetery

Inside, there are two altars on funnel-shaped cylinders in the corners of the chapel, on one of which there is a candlestick, above the altars on the back wall there is a bronze cross with Christ (authorship attributed to Bolesław Starzyński), and under the cross there is a bas-relief of a saint (St Christopher?). In front of the altar there is a kneeler, on the side walls there are barred windows; the door is made of cast-iron and sheet metal, openwork in the upper part, with the following motifs: cross, amphora with wreath, palms, rosettes. Inside, on the right wall, the coat of arms as above the entrance.

Coats of arms:

Above the entrance to the chapel: in the field on the left slant three roses, in a jewel with a count's crown between two trumpets three roses in a pole, with the motto " Avorum virtutis praemium" (Doliwa - Starzyński).
Inside the chapel above the inscriptions on the left: Doliwa as above.
In the interior of the chapel above the inscriptions on the right: in the field on the shoulder a horseshoe cross, between the echelons a cross, in the jewel with a nobleman's crown three ostrich feathers (Lyubich - Abramovichs)

Inscriptions: above the entrance to the chapel under the coat of arms (1), on the right wall inside the chapel, on the marble tablet (2), on the left wall - left column (3) and right column (4).

Inscription:

1. FAMILLE STARZYNSKI //.
2. CASIMIR ABRAMOWICZ / MORT À PARIS / LE 16 MAI 1875, / À L’ÂGE 35 ANS / ---- / PRIEZ POUR LUI //.
3. COMTE EDOUARD / STARZYNSKI / 17 SEPTEMBRE 1863 / ---- / COMTE VITOLD / STARZYNSKI / 29 DÉCEMBRE 1906 / ----- / COMTE STANISLAS / STARZYNSKI / NÉ À NICE LE 17 AVRIL 1872 / DÉCÉDÉ À PARIS LE 19 JANVIER 1912 //.
4. COMTESSE HÉLÈNE / STARZYNSKA / 27 OCTOBRE 1904 / ---- / COMTE BOLESLAS / STARZYNSKI / NÉ LA 21 SEPTEMBRE 1834 / DÉCÉDÉ LE 26 JANVIER 1917 //.

Tombstone location:

Sector number 54 Tomb number 178

Dimensions:

392 x 198 x 290 cm

Materials:

limestone, cast iron, sheet, copper alloy (bronze, brass or bronze alloy)

Additional Information about materials:

sheet metal (door), bronze (passion), marble (altarpiece, inscribed panels, passion), cast iron (door)

Ceator's signature:

1. BAROCHE //. 2. B. [...] Ate //.

Creator:

Bolesław Starzyński (rzeźbiarz; Francja, Polska, Ukraina)(preview), Baroche (zakład kamieniarski; Paryż)

Additional information:

licence no: C..A.P. 628-1875

the perpetual concession was purchased by Bolesław Count Starzyński for Kazimierz Abramowicz

location: div. 54, gr. 1 av. des Ailantes (div. 70), gr. 5 av. de la Chapelle (div. 56)

Hélène Madelaine de Veyrauch, born in Frankfurt am Main (France), daughter of Robert de Veyrauch and Sophie Herzer. An estate worker, she lived in Paris at 24 Place Malesherbes; first wife of Bolesław Starzyński. The marriage produced the following children: Róża Maria (Marianna) Starzyńska (born 1861), wife of Stefan Szembek from 1883 onwards, Witold Starzyński (1864-1906) and Stanisław Starzyński (1872-1912). She died on 27 October 1904 in her matrimonial home. She was buried on 21 November 1906 at the Père-Lachaise Cemetery (annual number 604), transferred from the Cemetery of the North (Montmartre)

According to the burial books, also buried in the grave: Albert Charles Antoine Marie Thérèse de Neuvecelle de Nicod, Count de Maugny, born on 3 January 1839 in Chambéry, son of Joseph Marie Clément de Neuvecelle Count de Maugny, and Antoinette Modeste Léontine de Tortis. A Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, he lived at 77 rue des Martyrs in Paris. On 31 May 1865, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, he married Honoryna Marta Józefina Komar (b. 30 Jan. 1833, Kuryłówka Murowana), daughter of Aleksander Count Komar and Pelagia Countess Mostowska, widow of Mieczysław Konstanty Michał Count Przeździecki (1816-1873). His marriage to Albert produced a son, Clément de Neuvecelle de Maugny (1873-1944). Albert de Neuvecelle de Maugny died on 5 June 1918 at his place of residence. He was buried on 8 June 1918. (Annual number 1683, death certificate number at the merostie: 2228)

Bibliography:

Polski Słownik Biograficzny, t. 42, s. 454
„Russkij Nekropol”, 1915, s. 83

Supplementary bibliography:

Archives de Paris, AM Paris 8e, no. 292, 1865.
Archives de Paris, AD Paris 17e, no. 2637, 1904.
Archives de Paris, AD Paris 18e, no. 2228, 1918.
Lipkowski, pp. 206, 262