The basilica is very ancient, it was built on the site of an early Christian necropolis. The first church was rebuilt around 1180 to the size of the current church, and then it underwent many changes and reconstructions. It has a remarkably elevated altar and an early Christian crypt that was once part of a 3rd and 4th century necropolis containing six sarcophagi. You can visit all this for free. Many are interested in the famous font built into the right column at the entrance to the church through the south door: at the bottom of this font is a carved frog. The following legend is told: a carpenter reproaches his friend for not seeing a masterpiece of masterpieces in Narbonne - a frog, which is located at the foot of the font of holy water in the church of Saint-Paul. And he, forced to return to see the famous frog, breaks his leg, the holy water immediately turned blood red. Allegedly since then, the bowl of the font remained reddish.
The basilica is not open all the time, so you need to know in advance its opening hours.
The basilica is not open all the time, so you need to know in advance its opening hours.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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