The cathedral was built between the 11th and 15th centuries. Until the 19th century, it was an ordinary city church, and the main cathedral of the city was the Cathedral of St. Donatos, which was located on the central square of the city directly opposite the town hall. But after its destruction at the end of the 18th century by French troops, and then the recognition of the independence of Belgium in 1834, the status of the cathedral was assigned to the church of St. Salvator. The residence of the new bishop was created here.→