Vabres Cathedral (''Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur-et-Saint-Pierre de Vabres'') is a

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and former

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in Vabres-l'Abbaye,

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. It was formerly the seat of the Bishopric of Vabres, established in 1317 and abolished under the

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. In 1793, during the

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, the Cathedral was gutted by a battalion of the Revolutionary army. The soldiers removed a marble altar to build a monument for the recently murdered Jean-Paul Marat and then burned the cathedral.

Sources

Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of Vabres
Former cathedrals in France Churches in Aveyron {{France-RC-church-stub