Narbonne Cathedral

Cathedral of Saints Justus and Pastor of Narbonne
Cathédrale Saint-Just-et-Saint-Pasteur de Narbonne (in French)
Narbonne Cathedral, seen from the Gilles Aycelin donjon
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic Church
ProvinceDiocese of Carcassonne-Narbonne
RiteRoman
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusCathedral
Location
LocationNarbonne, Aude, France
Geographic coordinates43°11′5″N 3°0′13″E / 43.18472°N 3.00361°E / 43.18472; 3.00361
Architecture
Typechurch
StyleGothic
Groundbreaking13th century

Narbonne Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Just-et-Saint-Pasteur de Narbonne) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Narbonne, France. The cathedral is a national monument and dedicated to Saints Justus and Pastor.

It was the seat of the Archbishop of Narbonne until the Archbishopric was merged into the Diocese of Carcassonne under the Concordat of 1801. (The title, however, passed to the Archbishop of Toulouse.) The church was declared a minor basilica in 1886. It is now a co-cathedral of the Diocese of Carcassonne and Narbonne, as it has been since 2006.[1]

The building, begun in 1272, is noted for being unfinished. [2]

  1. ^ GCatholic.org: Basilicas in France
  2. ^ Trynoski, Dani (2017-06-01). "The Weird, the Wonderful, and the Macabre in the Cathedral of Narbonne". Medievalists.net. Retrieved 2022-04-12.