Cathedra, Cathedral Saint-Samson, Dol-de-Bretagne

Cathedra, a high-backed throne for a bishop, made fora Francois de Laval in the 17th century and bearing his coat of arms, topped with a crosier of gilded wood, in the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. Before the 18th century in place of the crosier was a pyxis, sculpted by Tarle, now lost. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Restrictions Only for Ireland and United Kingdom and United States Of America

Archbishopric Bretagne Breton Cathedra Crosier Dol-de-bretagne Ille-et-vilaine Laval Saint-samson Samson Samsons

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > COH