The Cathedrals of Southern France

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Mansfield Milburg Francisco. The Cathedrals of Southern France

PART I. Southern France in General

I. THE CHARM OF SOUTHERN FRANCE

II. THE CHURCH IN GAUL

III. THE CHURCH ARCHITECTURE OF SOUTHERN. FRANCE

PART II. South of the Loire

I. INTRODUCTORY

II. L'ABBAYE DE MAILLEZAIS

III. ST. LOUIS DE LA ROCHELLE

IV. CATHÉDRALE DE LUÇON

V. ST. FRONT DE PÉRIGUEUX

VI. ST. PIERRE DE POITIERS

VII. ST. ETIENNE DE LIMOGES

VIII. ST. ODILON DE ST. FLOUR

IX. ST. PIERRE DE SAINTES

X. CATHÉDRALE DE TULLE

XI. ST. PIERRE D'ANGOULÊME

XII. NOTRE DAME DE MOULINS

XIII. NOTRE DAME DE LE PUY

XIV. NOTRE DAME DE CLERMONT-FERRAND

XV. ST. FULCRAN DE LODÈVE

PART III. The Rhône Valley

I. INTRODUCTORY

II. ST. ETIENNE DE CHALONS-SUR-SAÔNE

III. ST. VINCENT DE MACON

IV. ST. JEAN DE LYON

V. ST. MAURICE DE VIENNE

VI. ST. APOLLINAIRE DE VALENCE

VII. CATHÉDRALE DE VIVIERS

VIII. NOTRE DAME D'ORANGE

IX. ST. VÉRAN DE CAVAILLON

X. NOTRE DAME DES DOMS D'AVIGNON

XI. ST. SIFFREIN DE CARPENTRAS

XII. CATHÉDRALE DE VAISON

XIII. ST. TROPHIME D'ARLES

XIV. ST. CASTOR DE NÎMES

XV. ST. THÉODORIT D'UZÈS

XVI. ST. JEAN D'ALAIS

XVII. ST. PIERRE D'ANNECY

XVIII. CATHÉDRALE DE CHAMBÉRY

XIX. NOTRE DAME DE GRENOBLE

XX. BELLEY AND AOSTE

XXI. ST. JEAN DE MAURIENNE

XXII. ST. PIERRE DE ST. CLAUDE

XXIII. NOTRE DAME DE BOURG

XXIV. GLANDÈVE, SENEZ, RIEZ, SISTERON

XXV. ST. JEROME DE DIGNE

XXVI. NOTRE DAME DE DIE

XXVII. NOTRE DAME ET ST. CASTOR D'APT

XXVIII. NOTRE DAME D'EMBRUN

XXIX. NOTRE DAME DE L'ASSOMPTION DE GAP

XXX. NOTRE DAME DE VENCE

XXXI. CATHÉDRALE DE SION

XXXII. ST. PAUL TROIS CHÂTEAUX

PART IV. The Mediterranean Coast

I. INTRODUCTORY

II. ST. SAUVEUR D'AIX

III. ST. REPARATA DE NICE

IV. STE. MARIE MAJEURE DE TOULON

V. ST. ETIENNE DE FRÉJUS

VI. ÉGLISE DE GRASSE

VII. ANTIBES

VIII. STE. MARIE MAJEURE DE MARSEILLES

IX. ST. PIERRE D'ALET

X. ST. PIERRE DE MONTPELLIER

XI. CATHÉDRALE D'AGDE

XII. ST. NAZAIRE DE BÉZIERS

XIII. ST. JEAN DE PERPIGNAN

XIV. STE. EULALIA D'ELNE

XV. ST. JUST DE NARBONNE

PART V. The Valley of the Garonne

I. INTRODUCTORY

II. ST. ANDRÉ DE BORDEAUX

III. CATHÉDRALE DE LECTOURE

IV. NOTRE DAME DE BAYONNE

V. ST. JEAN DE BAZAS

VI. NOTRE DAME DE LESCAR

VII. L'ÉGLISE DE LA SÈDE: TARBES

VIII. CATHÉDRALE DE CONDOM

IX. CATHÉDRALE DE MONTAUBAN

X. ST. ETIENNE DE CAHORS

XI. ST. CAPRAIS D'AGEN

XII. STE. MARIE D'AUCH

XIII. ST. ETIENNE DE TOULOUSE

XIV. ST. NAZAIRE DE CARCASSONNE

XV. CATHÉDRALE DE PAMIERS

XVI. ST. BERTRAND DE COMMINGES

XVII. ST. JEAN-BAPTISTE D'AIRE

XVIII. STS. BENOIT ET VINCENT DE CASTRES

XIX. NOTRE DAME DE RODEZ

XX. STE. CÉCILE D'ALBI

XXI. ST. PIERRE DE MENDE

XXII. OTHER OLD-TIME CATHEDRALS IN AND ABOUT. THE BASIN OF THE GARONNE

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The charm of southern France is such as to compel most writers thereon to become discursive. It could not well be otherwise. Many things go to make up pictures of travel, which the most polished writer could not ignore unless he confined himself to narrative pure and simple; as did Sterne.

One who seeks knowledge of the architecture of southern France should perforce know something of the life of town and country in addition to a specific knowledge of, or an immeasurable enthusiasm for, the subject.

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"Give thanks to God, gentlemen, that He calls us to seal with our blood the faith we profess. Let us ask of Him the grace of final perseverance, which by our own merit we could not obtain."

The Restoration found the Church in a miserable and impoverished condition. There was already a long list of dioceses without bishops; of cardinals, prelates, and priests without charges, many of them in prison.

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