Le Pailly was originally part of Chalindrey and had no place of worship. It had only a simple chapel at the beginning of the 17th century thanks to the generosity of Françoise de la Baume, widow of Gaspard de Saulx Tavannes. In 1611, it was declared an annex of Chalindrey, and in 1708, a further donation from Marie-Catherine d'Aguesseau, widow of Charles-Marie de Saulx, led the Bishop of Langres to establish it as a parish church under the alternative jurisdiction of the founders' family and the Chapter of Langres Cathedral as lord of the manor. According to an inscription in the church, the tower-porch was built in 1775 and restored in 1898 (a first-floor bay was added, and the portal and cornice were rebuilt). In 1879, the architect Henry-Philibert Méot drew up an estimate for the reconstruction of the choir and sacristy (plan drawn up on 2 July 1879). There is a capital dated 1879, signed Febvre, on the north gutter wall of the nave, between the 2nd and 3rd bays. The rest of the church must date from the 18th century, but the interior was completely rebuilt between 1879 and 1898.
Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Pailly
