Saint-Papoul

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Saint-Papoul (Languedocien: Sant Pàpol) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

History

The town of Saint-Papoul was founded during the 8th century when an abbey was established here, dedicated to Saint Papulus. The diocese of Saint-Papoul, of which Saint-Papoul Cathedral was the center, was created an episcopal see by John XXII in 1317.

Population

Literature

Saint-Papoul is a location mentioned briefly in the M.R. James short ghost story Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book published in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary in 1904

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