Brioude and its history

A few milestones :

304 or 363 Martyrdom of Saint-Julian of Brioude and of Saint-Ferreol
893 Guillaume le Pieux, Abbot of Brioude
980 Wedding of Louis 5th in Brioude, he stays here for two years.
1688 Death of Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe in Brioude
1754 Mandrin rages on Brioude's canons.
vers 1780 Marquis of La Fayette lives in Brioude
1948 My birth in Brioude
1957 Saint-Julian Church becomes Saint-Julian Basilica 

See a detailed chronology in French.
See Bibliography.
Understand the coat of arms
See the successive fortifications

I thank the authors published in Almanach de Brioude for the details I learnt to make these pages.

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