Saint-Claude Cathedral

Local nameCathédrale Saint-Pierre, Saint-Paul et Saint-André
LocationSaint-Claude, France

Saint-Claude Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Saint-Claude.The present cathedral was previously the church of the former Condat Abbey, which with the village that grew up round it soon acquired the name of Saint-Oyand or Saint-Oyend after Saint Eugendus, fourth abbot and a popular saint. In 687 Saint Claudius resigned as Bishop of Besançon and became the twelfth abbot. After he died, in 696, his grave became a very popular pilgrimage centre, to the extent that by the thirteenth century, the name "Saint-Claude" had become more used than that of "Saint-Oyand", which it superseded.The Bishopric of Saint-Claude was created in 1742, out of the parishes in the care of the abbey. The abbey church, built in the 15th century, became the cathedral.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Claude_Cathedral

Address 4 Rue de la Sous-Préfecture, Saint-Claude 39200, France

Coordinates 46°23'11.651" N 5°51'58.495" E

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