Sainte-Marguerite Church

Église Sainte-Marguerite de Ternant was built in the 19th century, then decorated in the 20th century, thanks to the generosity of the inhabitants.

Église Sainte-Marguerite de Ternant was built by the inhabitants of the hamlet in 1856, largely through the generosity of Théodore Lacombe and his wife. The first priest, then vicar of Vic-le-Comte, took ownership of the church in 1861. It was erected as a chapel of ease in 1867. The belfry was added in 1889.

In 1933, father Ferrandon, priest of Chanat serving Église de Ternant, decided to celebrate the 19th centenary of the death and resurrection of Christ by commissioning two works of art financed by his war pension, including a set of frescos. He entrusted the decoration of the parish choir to the Riom-based painter, Louis Dussour (1905-1986). Decorator of a large number of churches and public monuments, he worked on the chapel of the Lycée Godefroy-de-Bouillon (1940), Église Saint-Genès-les-Carmes (1942) and Église Saint-Eutrope (1945), in Clermont-Ferrand. In Église de Ternant, the frescos were created in three stages: the choir from August to September 1933, then the nave and stations of the cross several years later. They represent faith and daily life by depicting the inhabitants of Ternant gathered around Christ.