The Church of Saint-Séverin is a Roman Catholic Church in the Latin Quarter of Paris, on the lively tourist street Rue Saint-Séverin. It was constructed beginning in 1230, then, after a fire, rebuilt and enlarged in the 15th to 17th centuries in the flamboyant Gothic style. It was the parish church for students at the University of Paris, and is one of the oldest churches that remains standing on the Left Bank. The church took its name from Saint Séverin of Paris, a devout hermit who lived at the site in the 6th century, and died in about 540.