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[[File:Saint-Flour Cathedral.JPG|thumb|right|Saint-Flour Cathedral.]]'''Saint-Flour Cathedral''' ({{langx|fr|Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Flour de Saint-Flour}}) is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[church (building)|church]] located in the town of [[Saint-Flour, Cantal|Saint-Flour]] in the [[Auvergne (region)|Auvergne]], [[France]]. The dedication is to [[Saint Peter]] and [[Florus of Lodève|Saint Florus]], the first [[bishop of Lodève]], who is also the [[eponym]] of the town. It has been a ''[[monument historique]]'' since 30 October 1906.<ref name=merimee>{{Base Mérimée|PA00093609|Cathédrale Saint-Pierre}}</ref>

The [[cathedral]] is the seat of the [[Bishops of Saint-Flour]].

It is a [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] structure, built between 1398 and 1466.

==History==
A first [[church building|church]] was built to house the remains of Florus, a bishop of dubious historicity and first legendary apostle of Upper Auvergne. 
This building is attested by a [[papal bull]] of [[Pope]] [[Pope Gregory V|Gregory V]] at the end of the [[10th century]].<ref>Joël Fouilheron, La cathédrale de Saint-Flour, (Nouvelles éditions latines, 1966), p. 14.</ref>

In the [[11th century]], Odilon de Mercœur, Abbot of Cluny built a [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] [[basilica]] that Pope [[Urban II]] consecrated in 1095 under the triple name of Saint-Sauveur, Saint-Pierre and Saint-Flour.<ref>Pierre Moulier, Pascale Moulier, Églises romanes de Haute-Auvergne. La région d'Aurillac, (Éditions CRÉER, 1999 ), p.&nbsp;16.</ref>

In the [[14th century]], Pope [[John XXII]] created the dioceses of Saint Flour.<ref>Albert Rigaudière, Saint-Flour, ville d'Auvergne au bas Moyen Âge: étude d'histoire administrative et financière, (Publication Universitaire de Rouen, 1982), p. 67.</ref>

In 1396 there was a partial collapse of the north side of the building. Bishop [[Hugues de Manhac]] oversaw the reconstruction in spite  of a difficult situation ([[Hundred Years' War]], [[Plague (disease)|plague]]). A new, [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] [[cathedral]] with three naves and four towers (two on the west and one on each side) was consecrated by Bishop [[Antoine de Montgon]] in 1466.

During the [[French Revolution]] in 1793, the building was ransacked and transformed into a [[temple of the Supreme Being]]. The cathedral was restored to a church in 1802.

Between 1846 and 1856, important restoration work was undertaken under the leadership of [[Frédéric-Gabriel-Marie-François de Marguerye|Monseigneur de Marguerye]], bishop of Saint-Flour. The two lateral towers are demolished between 1862 and 1866.

The cathedral is classified as a historical monument on October 30, 1906.<ref name=merimee/> In 2010, [[Bruno Grua]], bishop of Saint-Flour commissioned new works on the building.

==Gallery==
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File:Saint-Flour Cathedral.jpg|Saint-Flour Cathedral interior
file:Saint-Flour Cathedral.JPG|Saint-Flour Cathedral in winter
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==References==
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==Sources and external links==
{{Commons category|Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Flour de Saint-Flour|Saint-Flour Cathedral}}
* {{Structurae|id=20010701|title=Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Flour Cathedral}}
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsflo.html Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of Saint-Flour]
* [http://www.scholares.net/index.php?Gazetteer-Saint-Flour Location of cathedral]

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[[Category:Roman Catholic cathedrals in France]]
[[Category:Churches in Cantal]]


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