Vabres Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur-et-Saint-Pierre de Vabres) is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Saviour and Saint Peter, in Vabres-l'Abbaye, Aveyron, France.[1]
It was formerly the seat of the Bishopric of Vabres, established in 1317 and abolished under the Concordat of 1801. It is now in the Diocese of Rodez.[2]
In 1793, during the French Revolution, 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 set fire to the cathedral.[citation needed]
The restored building serves as a parish church. Parts of it date from the 14th and 15th centuries, and it was registered as a historical monument in 1992.[3]
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