CATHÉDRALE SAINT-PIERRE & SAINT-PAUL DE SAINT-CLAUDE 
The present cathedral was previously the church of the former Condat Abbey, which with the village that grew up round it soon acquired however the name of Saint-Oyand or Saint-Oyend after Saint Eugendus, fourth abbot and a popular saint. In 687 Saint Claudius resigned as Bishop of Besançon and became the twelfth abbot. After he died, in 696, his grave became a very popular pilgrimage centre, to the extent that by the thirteenth century, the name "Saint-Claude" had become more used than that of "Saint-Oyand" ,which it superseded.
Nr. 3 ranked on the 6 Best Sights in the district Saint-claude
Architecture sight in Saint-Claude, France
Place de l'Abbaye
39200 Saint-Claude
District: Saint-claude
, France
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