Saint-Claude Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, Saint-Paul et Saint-André de Saint-Claude) is a

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dedicated to

Saint Peter Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...

Saint Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

and

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, and a

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, located in the town of Saint-Claude. église abbatiale de l'abbaye Saint-Oyend, actuellement cathédrale Saint-Pierre, Saint-Paul et Saint-André The present cathedral was previously the church of the former

Condat Abbey Condat Abbey was founded in the 420s in the valley of Bienne, in the Jura mountains, in modern-day France. Condat became the capital of ''Haut Jura''. The founders were local monks, Romanus (died c. 463), who had been ordained by St. Hilary of Arle ...

(founded in the 5th century), which with the village that grew up round it soon acquired the name of ''Saint-Oyand'' or ''Saint-Oyend'' after

Saint Eugendus Saint Eugendus (also Augendus; french: Oyand, Oyan; 449 – January 1, 510) was the fourth abbot of Condat Abbey, at Saint-Claude, Jura. He was born at Izernore. Life He was instructed in reading and writing by his father, who had become a pries ...

(d. 510), fourth abbot and a popular saint. In 687 Saint Claudius resigned as

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and became the twelfth abbot. After he died, in 696, his grave became a very popular pilgrimage centre, to the extent that by the thirteenth century, the name "Saint-Claude" had become more used than that of "Saint-Oyand", which it superseded.Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Eugendus
/ref> The Bishopric of Saint-Claude was created in 1742, out of the parishes in the care of the abbey. The abbey church, built in the 15th century, became the cathedral.

Burials

* Saint Ribert, abbot of Condat Abbey

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Location of the cathedral

Photo of the cathedral

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