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unusual facts about Cathédrale Saint-Michel de Carcassonne



Aix Annunciation

Executed in 1443-1445, it was originally placed in the Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix-en-Provence, southern France.

Jacques Berthier

Berthier was born in Auxerre, Burgundy; both of his parents were musicians - his father Paul was the kapellmeister and organist at the Auxerre Cathedral.

Jean-Baptiste Moreau

Born in Angers, Moreau was a choirboy at the Cathédrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers, and it was there that he received his musical education.

Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre

He is buried at the Cathedral of Saint-Étienne.

Louis Belmas

He was then made vicar of Saint-Michel de Carcassonne, a role he successfully filled until 1782, when he became a prebendary at the collegial church of Saint-Vincent de Montréal and was summoned by bishop M. Chastenet de Puységur to head the seminary at Carcassonne.

Peire de Ladils

He was from Bazas in the Gironde and he served as advocate for the Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste.


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