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Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Cathedral

Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Cathedral

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Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Cathedral is a church in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, that is one of two co-cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise. Until 1966, it was the cathedral of the Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. It is dedicated to John the Baptist.

It was built in the 6th century and rebuilt in the 11th. In 1771, a neoclassical porch was added. It holds the remains of the first three counts of the House of Savoy: Humbert I, Amadeus I and Boniface.[1]

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    "Saint-Jean-Baptiste Cathedral". Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

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