Uzès Cathedral

Uzès Cathedral

Uzès Cathedral ("Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit d'Uzès") is a former Roman Catholic cathedral in Uzès, France, dedicated to Saint Theodoritus.

It was formerly the seat of the Bishops of Uzès, until the diocese was abolished under the Concordat of 1801 and its territory passed to the Diocese of Avignon. In 1877 the territory of the former diocese of Uzès was removed from that of Avignon and added to the Diocese of Nîmes, now the Diocese of Nîmes, Uzès and Alès.

The present building, which was gutted during the French Revolution, dates from the 17th century, and was a rebuild of the previous cathedral, which was destroyed during the French Wars of Religion. That cathedral in its turn had been built to replace a still earlier one which had been destroyed during the Albigensian Crusade.

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* Photographs: [http://www.vacationrentalsfrance.com/images/cathedralconvent1.jpg] , [http://www.le-guide.com/langphotos/uzes/cathedral.jpg]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/du506.html Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of Uzès]


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