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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.
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.
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 ...
Autun remparts (defensive walls from the Roman Era) Tour des Ursulines near the Autun Cathedral Bellerophon riding Pegasus and slaying the Chimera, central medallion of a Roman mosaic from Autun, Musée Rolin, 2nd to 3rd century AD. Autun's best-known museum is the Musée Rolin. It houses historical artistic collections. Near Autun, tourists ...
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 ...
In 1853, the Bishop of Autun was granted the title of Bishop of Autun-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon, in memory of the suppressed dioceses, and on 8 December 2002, as part of a general reorganization of the ecclesiastical map of France, Pope John Paul II created a new archdiocese at Dijon, and made the diocese of Autun-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon ...
Autun Cathedral. Saint Pragmatius of Autun (French: Pragmace; fl. c.520) was Bishop of Autun in the 6th century. He was a friend of Sidonius Apollinaris and Avitus of Vienne, and he participated in at least one of the councils of his time.
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]