St. Sernin Basilica Toulouse, France
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- 400
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 24 May 1096
- According to a surviving inscription, the altar of St. Sernin Basilica in Toulouse is consecrated by Pope Urban II on this date.
- 1117
- The collegiate church of St. Sernin in Toulouse is elevated to the status of an abbey while it is still under construction. Attentions shifts away from the nave to the cloister and necessary monastic buildings; the west end will never be completed.
