St-Maurice (Vienne)
The Saint-Maurice Church in Vienne is the cathedral of the former Archdiocese of Vienne , first mentioned in 314 and abolished in 1790. Until then, the church was also the seat of the primate of "the Seven Provinces" ( Aix , Auch , Bordeaux , Bourges , Embrun , Narbonne and Vienne ), the most important cathedral in southern France . Saint-Maurice has been classified as a Monument historique since 1840 .
history
The various cathedrals of Vienne all stood in the same place, but no traces of the buildings from the time before the 10th century have survived , as a completely new building was carried out in the period from 1030 to 1070, the time in office of Archbishop Léger . The current church was built in Romanesque style from 1130 . Parts of the main nave between the 5th and 11th arch date from this period. Conversions were made in the 13th century in the Gothic style , including the choir and the other parts of the nave. Pope Innocent IV consecrated the Saint-Maurice cathedral on April 20, 1251. The facade, the keystone of which was set in 1529, dates from the 16th century.
In the period that followed, the church suffered from the Huguenot Wars : on March 20, 1562, most of the windows and sculptures were destroyed. During the revolution , on the one hand, the Archdiocese of Vienne was dissolved (1790), so that Saint-Maurice has only been a simple parish church since then, on the other hand, the now former cathedral was used as a hayloft and barracks . From 1802 religious services were held again, but two associated monasteries and chapels were demolished in 1803/1804 to make room for urban development. Around the same time, the archbishop's palace was destroyed. In 1869 the north tower burned down.
- 887: Boso of Vienne , King of Lower Burgundy , is buried in the cathedral.
- February 9, 1119: Guido of Burgundy , Archbishop of Vienne since 1088, is crowned Pope in the cathedral after he was elected in Cluny Abbey ; he takes the name Calixt II.
- April 20, 1251: Pope Innocent IV consecrates the new cathedral.
- October 16, 1311 to May 6, 1312: The Council of Vienne convened by Pope Clement V takes place in the cathedral; here the dissolution of the Knights Templar is decided.
- 1529: The keystone is set.
- March 20, 1562: The cathedral is sacked by the Baron de Les Adrets' troops
- 1790: Dissolution of the Archdiocese of Vienne, Saint-Maurice becomes a parish church .
- 1803–1804: Demolition of the cathedral's outbuildings for urban development
Web links
- Saint-Maurice on structurae.de
- German-language website of the church with floor plan and description
Coordinates: 45 ° 31 '27 " N , 4 ° 52' 23" E