L'abbaye de Saint-Papoul est une ancienne abbaye bénédictine située à Saint-Papoul dans le département de l'Aude, à quelques kilomètres de Castelnaudary et de Carcassonne. De 1317 jusqu'à la Révolution française, l'abbaye est le siège du diocèse de Saint-Papoul et l'église abbatiale devient cathédrale. Aujourd'hui, c'est l'un des 22 sites du Pays cathare.
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Saint-Papoul is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
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Saint-Papoul Cathedral was a Roman Catholic church located in the village of Saint-Papoul in Languedoc. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Papulus, an early Christian bishop and martyr, from whom the settlement also took its name.
It was the seat of the Bishop of Saint-Papoul. This diocese, along with a number of others in the region, was created in 1317 in the aftermath of the suppression of the Albigensians. The Abbey of Saint-Papoul had been founded here in the 8th century, and in 1317 the abbot was elevated to the status of bishop, and the abbey church to that of cathedral.
The diocese and the abbey were suppressed during the French Revolution and the diocese was abolished under the Concordat of 1801, its territory being transferred almost entirely to the Diocese of Carcassonne. The abbey buildings remain and the cathedral / abbey church has become the parish church of the village of Saint-Papoul.
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The former French Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Papoul, now a Latin titular see, was created by Pope John XXII in 1317 and existed until the Napoleonic Concordat of 1811.
The seat of the diocese was at Saint-Papoul, in south-west France, in the modern department of Aude; it was some distance northeast of the main highway between Carcassonne and Toulouse, where there was already a Benedictine monastery, founded in the eighth century and dedicated to Saint Papoul. The bishop of Saint-Papoul was suffragan of the Archbishop of Toulouse.
The diocese existed until the French Revolution. It was one of the diocese scheduled to be suppressed under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. Under the Concordat of 1801 its territory was taken over by the Diocese of Carcassonne.
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Saint-Martin-Lalande is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
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Lasbordes is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. The village is known for its church : Saint-Christophe, classed as historical monument since July 26, 1988.
The Terreal company has a plant in the center of Lasbordes for the fabrication of bricks.
The village provides some infrastructures to its population with a public school, a small market, a soccer field and a city stadium.
Depuis 2009, l'abbatiale est le siège de l'évêque titulaire de Saint-Papoul. L'abbaye fait l’objet d’un classement au titre des monuments historiques depuis 1846, ainsi qu'une inscription en 2007.