Église Saint-Pierre-l'Estrier d'Autun

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Location: The church is located in the French department of Saône-et-Loire, on the commune of Autun in the part of the former commune of Saint-Pantaléon, about 2 km northeast of the ancient city of the first century and the current center.

History: The church dates back to the 11th century, at the site of a small paleo-Christian basilica or monastery attested in 843 as Saint Peter, near the then Saint Stephen church. The site also includes a cemetery that was used before the Christianization, then from the third to the fifth century, as well as, 50 m from the church, the first inscription mentioning Christ in Roman Gaul, dating from the same period: the Greek inscription of Pectorios. In the mid-18th century, part of St. Stephen's Church and the funeral mausoleums of the Lower Empire were still visible. A 1750 report describes St. Peter's Church as "strong ugly and irregular," but the church still has its bell tower and sacristy, which a witness gave destroyed in 1836, when the church served as a barn. The building has been classified as historical monuments...