Saint-Sulpice, one of the most beautiful fountains of Paris, ordered Claude-Philibert Rambuto, Prefect of the Seine. The prefect, who took office in 1833, implemented the ambitious program to improve the city's water supply. He built 200 kilometers of new water and, last but not least, 1700 small drinking fountains all over Paris. Monumental fountains same - such as Saint-Sulpice - they were established just for beauty.

Saint-Sulpice is really good - the height of twelve-stone building in the Renaissance style with waterfalls and ornaments. The architect Louis Visconti put three octagonal pool at different levels. On the second level, roaring lions with the coat of arms of Paris - the third bowl with attachments to them masks; from open mouths water pours. At the top of an impressive quadrangular backplate with a dome, Corinthian pilasters and niches in which are placed statues of four French bishops work of different sculptors - Jean-Jacques Feshe Francois Lanno, Despre Louis and Jacques-Auguste Fogine.

As usual, the fountain immediately began to criticize: it is supposedly visually covers the entrance to the church of Saint-Sulpice, the cup like a cookware and lions growl of irritation due to the fact that they poured water from behind. Moreover, Fountain, clearly focused on the four sides of the world, began to be called «fontaine des quatre points cardinaux». Literally it means - "fountain of the four directions," but «points cardinaux» you can say very similar to the «pas cardinaux» - «not the Cardinals." The irony of witty Parisians meant that none of the bishops did not become a cardinal.

However, Louis Visconti put statues of bishops not from their ranks. Jacques Bossuet Francois Fenelon, Esprit Flesher and Jean-Baptiste Massilon were truly outstanding preachers, theologians and writers of his time. Sometimes they were arguing with each other as Bossuet Fenelon and his disciple, always - with Protestants, but their arguments have been sanctified through the love of God and man. In his sermons, they focused mainly on moral rather than doctrinal issues addressed not only to the mind but also the heart.

Fountain survived all revolutionary upheavals, and four great bishop was still looking out of his niche as a reminder that the sermon - the duty of every Christian.