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The Cathedral of Saint Lazarus of Autun (French: Cathédrale Saint-Lazare d'Autun), commonly known as Autun Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Autun and a national monument of France. Famous for its Cluniac inspiration and its Romanesque sculptures by Gislebertus , it is a highlight of Romanesque art [ 1 ] in Burgundy.
Autun Cathedral Cathédrale Saint-Lazare d'Autun: Autun: Autun: Saint Lazarus of Aix: cathedral (built in the 12th century), minor basilica Old Autun Cathedral Cathedrale Saint-Nazaire d'Autun: Autun: Autun: Saint Nazarius: former cathedral, 5th-12th centuries Auxerre Cathedral Cathédrale Saint-Étienne d'Auxerre: Sens and Auxerre: Auxerre ...
Autun (French: ⓘ) is a subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central-eastern France.It was founded during the Principate era of the early Roman Empire by Emperor Augustus as Augustodunum to give a Roman capital to the Gallic people Aedui, who had Bibracte as their political centre.
Last Judgment by Gislebertus in the west tympanum at the Autun Cathedral The Temptation of Eve, detail, now at the Musée Rolin. Gislebertus, Giselbertus or Ghiselbertus, sometimes "of Autun" (flourished in the 12th century), was a French Romanesque sculptor, whose decoration (about 1120–1135) of the Cathedral of Saint Lazare at Autun, France – consisting of numerous doorways, tympanums ...
Pierre Colin was a French composer active between 1538 and 1572. [1] He was a singer in the Sainte-Chapelle from 1532 to 1536. [2] He was the organist and choirmaster of Autun Cathedral from 1539 until 1565 while serving as priest.
The Diocese of Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny) (Latin: Diocesis Aeduensis, Dioecesis Augustodunensis (–Cabillonensis–Matisconensis–Cluniacensis); French: Diocèse d'Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny)), more simply known as the Diocese of Autun, is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France.
The Autun Cathedral is an excellent example, emphasizing thinness and decoration in everything from the towers to the walls to the tympanum. Also common in Gilbertese's work, The Autun tympanum has a very narrow inscription below it, and while this inscription is still very emphasized, it foreshadows the complete removal of the inscription. [8]
The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorian, 1834, oil on canvas, Autun Cathedral. The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorian is an 1834 painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. It shows the death of Saint Symphorian, the first Christian martyr in Gaul. Painted in oil on canvas and measuring 407 x 339 cm, it is now in Autun Cathedral.