In 1859, the parish priest of the Madeleine Church, Father Le Rebours, created a mission and had a chapel built by the Lazarists, a congregation founded by St. Vincent de Paul. Father Le Rebours had been a former secretary to Sister Rosalie Rendu (d. 1856). The chapel was dedicated to Saint Rosalie, a third‑century martyr and patron Saint of Sicily. However, the work carried out by Baron Haussmann, which transformed the capital, also affected the district. Sister‑Rosalie Avenue was cut through and the chapel was demolished. It was replaced in 1867 – funded by the expropriation allowances – by a building constructed in a neo‑Gothic style to the plans of the architect H. Marchand. In 1963, the church was elevated to parish status. In 1971, the Lazarists left the site. Saint‑Rosalie is a church with sober decoration, but it boasts beautiful neo‑Gothic capitals (enriched with a carved cornice) and a splendid stained‑glass window by Édouard‑Amédée Didron (1836–1902) in the choir.