Saint-Pons-de-Thomières Cathedral

By a Papal bull dated 18 February 1318, Pope John XXII created the see by elevating the abbey of Saint-Pons, which had been here since its foundation in 936 by Raymond, Count of Toulouse.

The bishopric was abolished by the Concordat of 1801 and merged into the Diocese of Montpellier.

It takes its dedication, like the town and the abbey, from Saint Pontius of Cimiez.

During the French Wars of Religion the choir was destroyed; it was replaced with the present neo-classical east front.

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Saint-Pons-de-Thomières Cathedral from the south, showing the rebuilt east front
Portal, with carvings representing the Last Supper and the Ascension