Valence Cathedral

Cathedral in Drôme, France

Valence Cathedral
Cathédrale Saint-Apollinaire de Valence

Valence Cathedral, view from Place des Ormeaux

Religion
Affiliation| Catholic Church
Province| Bishop of Valence
Region| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Rite| Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational status| Minor basilica
Status| Active
Location
Location| Valence
State| France
Geographic coordinates| 44°55′54″N 4°53′22″E﻿ / ﻿44.93167°N 4.88944°E﻿ / 44.93167; 4.88944
Architecture
Type| Church
Style| Romanesque
Groundbreaking| 11th century
Completed| 19th century

Valence Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Apollinaire de Valence) is a Catholic church, dedicated to Saint Apollinaris of Valence, in Valence, France. It is the seat of the Bishop of Valence. It was elevated to the status of a minor basilica in 1847. The cathedral is in the Romanesque architectural tradition. It has been classified as a historical monument since 1862.

## History

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Valence Cathedral, apse

Valence Cathedral was originally dedicated to Saints Pope Cornelius and Cyprian (third-century martyrs, respectively Bishops of Rome and of Carthage).

It was a stopover church on the road to Santiago de Compostela. In 1095 during a visit to France, Pope Urban II rededicated the cathedral to Saint Apollinaris, one of Valence's sixth-century bishops.[1]

The architecture of this cathedral is similar to other monuments in Auvergne and Velay, in particular the polychrome stone decorations.[2] The apse is surrounded by four semi-circular chapels.[3]

It suffered extensive damage in the French Wars of Religion, but it was restored in the first decade of the 17th century.[4]

Pope Pius VI, who had been taken prisoner and deported from Italy by troops of the French Directory, was imprisoned in the fortress of Valence. After six weeks he died there, on 29 August 1799.[5] The church contains his monument.

The cathedral was granted the status of minor basilica on 4 May 1847.[6] The porch and the stone tower above it were rebuilt in 1861.[7]

* View down the nave looking east

* Apse

* Vaulted roof of the nave

## References

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1. ^ Cahn, Walter; Romanesque Wooden Doors of Auvergne, NYU Press, 1974 ISBN 9780814713570, p. 68.
2. ^ "Saint Apollinaire Cathedral", Valence Romans Tourisme.
3. ^ Byzantine and Romanesque Architecture, CUP Archive, p. 112.
4. ^ Curate.nd.edu: Valence Cathedral.
5. ^ Pietro Baldassari (1843). Relazione delle avversità e patimenti del glorioso Papa Pio VI, negli ultimi tre anni del suo pontificato (in Italian). Vol. Tomo IV. Modena: dalla reale tip - degli Eredi Soliani. pp. 284–292. Alexis Francois Artaud de Montor (1911). The Lives and Times of the Popes. New York: Catholic Publication Society of America. pp. 304-310.
6. ^ Basilique-Cathédrale Saint-Apollinaire
7. ^ Religiana.com: Valence Cathedral.

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