The birth of the village St Michel's Chapel, the oldest edifice in St Paul
Birth of the Castrum. The story goes that the owner of one of the "villas", those agricultural properties that appeared during the Roman era, entrenched himself with his family and friends in the oppidum, and ordered the construction of a chapel dedicated to St Paul. This edifice may be the current St Michel's Chapel: originally a parish church, it included several other chapels, one of which was dedicated to St Georges, who became the original patron saint of the church. Its existence in the middle of the 14th Century, on a site called  "le Vieux Puy", is attested. Official documents proved the existence of "assemblies" (association between lords and heads of families that existed until the French Revolution) taking place on that site  and mentioning family names: that tradition would seem to indicate that the village actually came into existence in that area. The fact that it is oriented towards the south and that many vestiges of dwellings were found close by tends to prove that assumption.  Saint Michel is the archangel who brings good tidings.