anglais

the numbers on the plan to end the visit on the Place

Saint-Paul.

1 - The west wall, in Gothic style, with three portals. South portal (on the

right) : musical angels and prophets (end of the 14th c.). North portal

(to the left) : angels playing music and singing to celebrate the coro-

nation of Christ's Mother (see the angels holding the crown) (middle

of the 15th c.). Centre portal : on the three arches, a "digest" of the

Bible in carved figures : kings and prophets, scenes from the Old

Testament and of the life of Christ (second half of the 15th c.).

2 - The west wall, inside : the large leaded rose-window (20"' c.) decora-

ted with the arms of the épiscopal sees dependent on the archbishop of

Vienne before the Revolution.

A church with three naves, but no transept.

To the Romanesque cathedral (middle of the 12th c.) belong bays 5 to 11

of the nave (to the east of point 5 on the plan) : arches rising up to the

triforium, aisles, about sixty capitals (these sculptures make up an

iconographic ensemble of exceptional magnitude) and a few elements re-

used in the Gothic building campaign (n" on the plan lie, 12, 14, 29, 35).

To the Gothic building campaign (13th - beginning of the 16"' c.) belong the

chancel, whose apse was re-erected on the basement of the Romanesque

apse (13th c.), the triforium, the upper windows and the vaults of the cen-

tral nave, the four west bays whose keystones are adorned with the arms of

the benefactors, laymen or canons (14th-15th c.), the side chapels opening on

to the aisles (13"'-15th c.), the portals of the west front (n° 1 on the plan),

and a few remaining bits of sculptures (n" 9, 15). Of the chapels that

opened on to the cloister (n" 30) there now remains only that which was

founded in 1495 by Claude de Virieu (n" 32).

3 - Stained-glass windows by Thomas (1954).

4 - Chapel of the Naillac family. The funeral monument of Pierre de Naillac

(a canon of the cathedral) and his brother Antoine, in the flamboyant Gothic

style (end of the 15'" c.). Wall painting : crucifixion (14"' c.).

5 - Where the west wall of the Romanesque cathedral used to stand.

6 - Romanesque capital : the Holy Women ot the sepulchre.

7 - Romanesque capital : Jesus comes to Jerusalem.

8 - Romanesque capital : King David playing an instrument.

9 - A carved group : the three Wise Men in front of Herod (13th c.).

10 - St. Apollonia's chapel : epitaph of Boson. King of Burgundy ( † 887)

buried in the Cathedral (a copy of the original, done in the 13"' c.).

11 - a, b : Shafts of Roman wreathed pillars of marble ;

c : frieze of the zodiac (12"' c.).

12 - Romanesque statues of St. Peter (left) and St. John and St. Paul (right).

13 - Marble pulpit (1833).

14 - Romanesque capitals (re-used) / a : Jesus, with two disciples on the

road to Emmaüs / b : the meal at Emmaüs.

15 - A carved group : the three Magi worshipping Jesus (13'" c.).

16 - A sequence of Flemish tapestries (end of 16'" c.), with the arms of the

cathedral chapter, picturing the life and martyrdom of St. Maurice and his

companions of the Thebaic legion / a : the baptism, in Jerusalem / b : Maurice

is received in the imperial palace of Diocletian, in Rome / c : he refuses

to sacrifice to pagan gods / d : the legion is decimated / e : Maurice is

beheaded with four of his companions.

17 - Romanesque capital : the resurrection of Lazarus.

18 - Wall, side-door and bay belonging to the Romanesque church (11th or

12'" c.).

19 - A painting, by Alexandre Desgoffe (1859) : St. Maurice on horseback

is presented with the palm of martyrdom.

20 - A stained-glass window of the end of the 16'1' c. : the Wise Men

worship Jesus ; in the lower section, the donator is represented with

his patron saint (St. Anthony) between St. Maurice (on the left) and

St. James (on the right) the patron saint of the chapel.

21 - The mausoleum of the archbischops of Vienne, Armand de Montmorin

and Henri-Oswald de la Tour d'Auvergne, by sculptor Rene-Michel

Slodtz (1740-1747).

22 - The high altar, made by Rene-Michel Slodtz (1747), from blocks of

antique marble, from the city of Rome.

23 - Episcopal seat, made of stone (12" c.).

24 - Stained-glass windows, the work of Lucien Begule (1898), in the man-

ner of the leaded windows of the 13th century ; on both sides of the

Redemption (in the center) scenes picturing episodes of the history of

the church of Vienne (patron saints and martyrs, bishops...).

25 - Stained-glass windows in the upper bays of the apse (end of 1611' c.)

representing St. Maurice and St. Peter.

26 - On the lower part of the wall of the apse, as well as above the trifo-

rium : friezes with coloured cement inlaid, picturing plants, animals

facing each other, centaurs, kings' or bishops' heads (13111 c.).

27 - Monument to Guy de Maugiron, governor of the province of Dauphine

( † 1555)

28 - St. Andrew's chapel (fitted as a chapel for prayer by the Society " The

Cathedral that lives".

28 A - A new altar, the work of Philippe Kaeppelin (1997).

OUTSIDE THE CATHEDRAL

The Place St. Paul (to the north) was created at the begining of the 19"

century, where the two cloisters and the chapter house used to stand. One

can stil'l see, on the walls, funeral inscriptions (12"'-13th c.) of members of

the clergy of the cathedral, of the canons of the chapter or of laymen.

Along the south side of the cathedral runs Calixtus II Street ; it was named

after the bishop of Vienne Gui de Bourgogne, who was elected Pope under

that name in 1119 in Cluny. There used to be the burial ground for the poor.

29 - North side-door : a lintel with griffins (re-use of antique stone), archi-

volt ornamented with foliage (re-use of Romanesque material).

30 - Location of the Notre-Dame cloister (13" c.), destroyed in 1804.

31 - Traces of the three bays of one of the three chapels that had been built

on the east side of the cloister, in the 13'" century.

32 - On the north side of the former cloister, St. Theodore's chapel, foun-

ded at the end of the 15" century by Claude de Virieu.

33 - Vestiges of the monumental doorway of the épiscopal palace (which no

longer exists).

34 - Cloister of the cathedral chapter, destroyed during the wars of Religion.

35 - Romanesque arcade (12" c.) raised on Gothic walls.

36 - A the bottom of the Gothic walls, blocks of stone with rustic work,

and re-use of roman materials.

HIGHLIGHTS IN THE HISTORY

OF ST. MAURICE'S CATHEDRAL

3th c. : creation of the épiscopal see of Vienne.

End of 4th c. : on the very site on which the cathedral now stands the

épiscopal group is built : the cathedral, called the "ecclesia", other

churches, a baptistry, the bishop's residence. In January 361,

emperor Julian attends the celebration of Epiphany.

Beginning of 6"' c. : Bishop Avitus rebuilds the baptistry.

5th c. - 9"' c. : the "ecclesia" is dedicated to the Maccabee brothers.

Beginning of 8"' c. : the relics of the martyrs of the Thebaic legion,

St. Maurice and his companions, begin to be worshipped in a vaul-

ted annex of the cathedral.

Beginning of 9th c. : a community of canons who observe a rule is crea-

ted. The name St. Maurice gradually comes more and more into use

to mean the cathedral ; a sanctuary, dedicated to our Saviour and

used by the chapter, is added to the west of the cathedral.

887 : the King of Burgundy-Provence, Boson, is buried in St. Maurice's

(n" 10 on the plan).

11th c. : the cathedral is rebuilt by archbishop Leger (1030-1070).

Feb. 9, 1119 : the archbishop of Vienne, Gui de Bourgogne, who has

just been elected as Pope Calixtus II in Cluny, is crowned in his

own cathedral. Soon after, he grants the épiscopal see of Vienne pri-

macy over the metropolitan sees of the six ecclesiastical provinces

in the south of France..

Circa 1140/1160 : new building campaigns in the reconstruction of the

cathedral in the Romanesque style.

13th c. : Bishop Jean de Bernin (1218-1266) has building work resumed

on an enlarged site.

April 20, 1251 : Pope Innocent IV consecrates the cathedral, finally dedi-

cated to St. Maurice.

13th c. - 15th c. : building work goes on : triforium, upper windows, vaults

of the central nave, front portals, side chapels.

Oct. 1311 - Apr. 1312 : formal sessions of the oecumenical council are

held, in the presence of Pope Clement V and the King of France

Philip IV. The order of Templars is suppressed.

Early 16"' c. : the nave and the west front are completed. Work is over.

July 1548 : the heart of Dauphin Francis, son of King Francis I, is pla-

ced in the choir.

March 20, 1561 : gangs of Protestants attempt to destroy the statues of

the front of the cathedral.

May, June 1562 : bands of Huguenots play havoc again in the

cathedral.

Oct. 17, 1567 : more devastations by Protestants.

1693 : the preacher J.B. Massillon delivers the funeral oration of

archbishop Henri de Villars.

July 1790 : according to a decree of the Constituent Assembly, the

episcopal see of Vienne no longer exists. But the cathedral is not

affected by the sale of the possessions of the clergy, which were

nationalised. During the Revolution, it becomes a meeting place for

popular or patriotic gatherings ; later it is used as a storage place

for fodder or as a barracks.

June 1802 : the church is re-opened for worship and used as a paro-

chial church.

1869 : a tire breaks out in the north tower.

Feb. 1988 : celebration of the ninth centenary of the appointment of Gui

de Bourgogne as archbishop of Vienne (from 1088 to 1119).