Vabres Cathedral

Vabres Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur-et-Saint-Pierre de Vabres) is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral in Vabres-l'Abbaye, France.

Vabres Cathedral
Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur-et-Saint-Pierre de Vabres
Vabres Cathedral
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic Church
ProvinceBishopric of Vabres
RegionAveyron
RiteRoman
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusCathedral
StatusActive
Location
LocationVabres-l'Abbaye,  France
Geographic coordinates43°56′41″N 2°50′14″E
Architecture
Typechurch

It was formerly the seat of the Bishopric of Vabres, established in 1317 and abolished under the Concordat of 1801.

In 1793, during the French Revolution, the cathedral was gutted by a battalion of the Revolutionary army. The soldiers removed a marble altar to build a monument for the recently murdered Jean-Paul Marat and then burned the cathedral.

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