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250 CE: Martyrdom of St. Saturninus in Toulouse

St. Sernin Basilica, Toulouse, France location
400 CE: The first shrine to Saturninus on the site of the present St. Sernin Basilica is built by Bishop Exupere of Toulouse, a little to the north of the saint's original tomb.

St. Sernin Basilica, Toulouse, France location
819 CE: A hermit named Dadon founds a monastic community in the forest at Conques
876 CE: A monk from Conques steals the relics of St. Foy from Agen monastery
c. 900 CE: Golden reliquary-statue created for the relics of St. Foy; pilgrim route shifts from Agen to Conques
1000: Pilgrimages to Toulouse increase rapidly with the rise of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, as the city is along a main route to the Spanish shrine.

St. Sernin Basilica, Toulouse, France location
c. 1030-1120: Construction of Conques Abbey under Abbot Odolric
1080: Construction begins on a larger church in Toulouse to cope with the crowds of pilgrims stopping at the tomb of St. Sernin on their way to Santiago de Compostela. Fortunately, the city can afford it - its counts are the most powerful in southwest France an

St. Sernin Basilica, Toulouse, France location
May 24, 1096: According to a surviving inscription, the altar of St. Sernin Basilica in Toulouse is consecrated by Pope Urban II on this date.

St. Sernin Basilica, Toulouse, France location
1100: Construction of Moissac Abbey Cloister
1107-1125: Carving of the Last Judgment Tympanum at Conques Abbey under Abbot Boniface
c. 1110-1115: Construction of the narthex of Moissac Abbey.

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