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9-746: The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Périgueux and Sarlat , as the diocese has been known since 1854. It is part of the World Heritage Sites of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France . The cathedral owes its name to Saint Front, the first bishop of Périgueux. According to the "Vie de Saint Front", he lived in the fourth century, was ordained in Rome, and came to evangelize the Perigord. He

18-424: Is Périgueux , in the département of Dordogne , in the région of Aquitaine . The Diocese of Périgueux is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bordeaux . The current bishop is Philippe Mousset, who was appointed in 2014. The Martyrology of Ado gives St. Front as the first bishop of Périgueux; Saint Peter is said to have sent him to this town with

27-594: The St. George to whom later traditions assign the foundation of the church of Le Puy . Subsequent biographies, which appeared between the 10th and 13th centuries, make St. Front's life one with that of St. Fronto of Nitria , thereby giving it an Egyptian colouring. At all events we know by the Chronicle of Sulpicius Severus that a Bishop of Périgueux, Paternus, was deposed for heresy about 361. Among its bishops are: The Abbey of Saint-Sauveur of Sarlat , later placed under

36-458: The form of a Greek cross. Its five domes with turrets show a direct architectural relationship with oriental religious buildings, which served as inspiration for the architects of Saint-Front Cathedral. The domes of Saint-Front Cathedral were once different in size, but were redesigned by architect Paul Abadie to have one size, and to be symmetrical. The pillars carrying the load of the superstructure are 6 meters wide. The domes are inaccessible to

45-653: The patronage of St. Sacerdos of Limoges , seems to have existed before the reigns of Pepin the Short and Charlemagne who came there in pilgrimage and because of their munificence deserved to be called "founders" in a Bull of Pope Eugene III (1153). About 936 St. Odo, Abbot of Cluny , was sent to reform the abbey. The abbey was made an episcopal see by pope John XXII , on 13 January 1318. 45°11′19″N 0°43′39″E  /  45.18861°N 0.72750°E  / 45.18861; 0.72750 Abbey of Saint-Sauveur of Sarlat Too Many Requests If you report this error to

54-594: The public. This article on a Roman Catholic cathedral in France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bishop of P%C3%A9rigueux and Sarlat The Diocese of Périgueux and Sarlat ( Latin : Dioecesis Petrocoricensis et Sarlatensis ; French : Diocèse de Périgueux et Sarlat ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France . Its episcopal see

63-633: Was buried near his hermitage, just outside the Roman city of Vesunna . A chapel was first built on the site in the 4th or 5th century. In 976 the Bishop Frotaire had the Abbey of Saint-Front constructed on the site of the church. The abbey was consecrated in 1047. Its vaulted choir housed the tomb of Saint Front, which was sculpted in 1077 by Guimaunond, a monk of the Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu . This tomb

72-582: Was decorated with numerous precious stones and sculptures, notably an angel with a halo made of pieces of glass and is now kept in the Périgord Museum. The abbey burned in 1120. Only part of the church and part of the Romanesque cloister on the south side remain. The buildings are located in the centre of Périgueux and Saint Front Cathedral has been classed as a French Historical Monument ( monument historique ) since 1840. The Saint Front Cathedral

81-453: Was rebuilt by architect Paul Abadie from 1852 to 1895. Only the bell tower and the crypts, both from the 12th century, were left from the previous structures. The cathedral is part of the World Heritage Sites of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France since 1998. The Saint Front Cathedral was designed on the model of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice. The layout of the cathedral is in

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