Saint-Flour Cathedral


Saint-Flour Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Saint-Flour in the Auvergne, France. The dedication is to Saint Peter and Saint Florus, the first bishop of Lodève, who is also the eponym of the town. It has been a monument historique since 30 October 1906.
The cathedral is the seat of the Bishops of Saint-Flour.
It is a Gothic structure, built between 1398 and 1466.

History

A first church was built to house the remains of Florus, a bishop of dubious historicity and first legendary apostle of Upper Auvergne.
This building is attested by a papal bull of Pope Gregory V at the end of the 10th century.
In the 11th century, Odilon de Mercœur, Abbot of Cluny built a Romanesque basilica that Pope Urban II consecrated in 1095 under the triple name of Saint-Sauveur, Saint-Pierre and Saint-Flour.romanes de Haute-Auvergne. La région d'Aurillac,, p. 16.
In the 14th century, Pope John XXII created the dioces of Saint Flour.
In 1396 there was a partial collapse of the north side of the building. Bishop Hugues de Manhac oversaw the reconstruction in spite of a difficult situation. A new, Gothic cathedral with three naves and four towers was consecrated by Bishop Antoine de Montgon in 1466.
During the French Revolution in 1793, the building was ransacked and transformed into a temple of the Supreme Being. The cathedral was restored to a church in 1802.
Between 1846 and 1856, important restoration work was undertaken under the leadership of Monseigneur de Marguerye, bishop of Saint-Flour. The two lateral towers are demolished between 1862 and 1866.
The cathedral is classified as a historical monument on October 30, 1906.
In 2010, Bruno Grua,bishop of Saint-Flour commissioned new works on the building.

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