There can be little doubt that the church was originally dedicated to Julian the Martyr, as recorded by Grégoire de Tours, and that later the _culte_ of the other two Julians was added; particularly as we find upon one of the houses of the Rue Galande, which abuts upon one side of the church, a curious 13th century bas-relief of this very legend of the ferry. S. Julian and his wife are rowing the boat, apparently in opposite directions, and standing up is the passenger, no other than Our Lord Himself, as we see from the cruciform nimbus. Is it not probable that at some time, when repairs were going on, this bas-relief was removed from the church, and does not the situation of S. Julien le Pauvre, or _des_ pauvres, close to a river and a fish-market, seem to be further proof that the Hospitator was one of the later patrons of the church? There are said to be nearly sixty[95] saints of this name, and as a proof of their popularity in France, we find no less than one hundred and sixty-two villages called after them. In Spain they were still more popular. Saint-Julien le Ménétrier, or des Ménétriers, was a hospital founded in 1330 by Jacques Grare and Huet le Lorrain, for fiddlers, jugglers, and acrobats. It was situated near the Rue S. Martin. One of the attributes of S. Julian Hospitator is a mask. He is thus seen on some of the windows at the cathedrals of Chartres and Rouen, the latter of the 14th century. His name also seems to have had virtue in it as an expletive, for in the _Chronique des Ducs de Normendie et des Rois d'Engletierre_ the following exclamation occurs: "_'Par Saint Julian!' dist Hubiers Gautiers li bons archevêsque de Chantorbire_ (Canterbury)." S. Julien was also invoked by travellers: (Saint Ylaire) saint Juliens Qui héberge les Crestiens, was a rhyme of the _Moustiers de Paris_, written in 1270; and a document of 1325 upon the _Churches and Monasteries of Paris_ thus confirms the usefulness of S. Julien-le-Pauvre: Or m'en iray outre le pont Pour des autres moustiers trouver Que l'on ne puisse réprouver, Quar s'en mon dit faille de rien, Premiers trouverez saint Julien Le Povre, et bien ai regardé Que maint compagnon a gardé De mort, ce n'est pas mesprison Et d'estre en vilainne prison; Il les héberge et si les tence De héberger a la poissance. The early history of S. Julien is similar to that of all the other churches of Paris. Destroyed in 886 by the Normans,[96] it fell into lay hands, but was rebuilt in the 12th century, and became the property of Etienne de Vitry and Hugues de Monteler, who, in consequence of a vow made during sickness in the Holy Land, gave it over to the monks of Longport, near Monthéry, who rebuilt the church and erected a priory for fifty brothers.