Notre-Dame
Chapel of the Virgin Mary
1252: the foundation of the feast of the Conception of the Virgin Mary by canon Pierre d’Eu was possibly contemporaneous with the construction of this chapel.
1259: the chapter ratified the foundation made by Canon Pierre d'Eu of a daily mass of the Holy Virgin Chapel in majori capella nostre ecclesie. The mass was performed by two chaplains before the office of Primes.
The chapels was designated (1292) as the chapel of the drapers: Notre-Dame de la Drapière (capella beate Marie post chorum que dicitur pannaria; altare beate Marie pannarie etc) (pannaria): the drapers of Amiens had possibly contributed to its construction. It served as parish church for the inhabitants of the area of the cloister, the parish of Notre-Dame to the south of the cathedral (1262).
To the left (north) we see the tombs of Canon Thomas de Savoie (d.1332/6) and Bishop Simon de Gonsans (d.1325).