aptoisian

Updated: May 3, 2025

And in spite of the great feast-day of July, in spite of Aptoisian pride, in spite of the devotion and prayers of faithful worshippers, the Cathedral of Apt is a church of past rather than of present glories. Just as the church-bells were chiming the morning Angelus, and the warm sun was rising on a day of the early fall, a traveller drove out of old Manosque.

Elise Whitlock Rose - Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1