Saint-Papoul


Saint-Papoul is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

History

The town of Saint-Papoul was founded during the 8th century when an abbey was established here, dedicated to Saint Papulus.
The diocese of Saint-Papoul, of which Saint-Papoul Cathedral was the center, was created an episcopal see by John XXII in 1317.

Population

Literature

Saint-Papoul is a location mentioned briefly in the M.R. James short ghost story Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book published in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary in 1904