Apt Cathedral

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Apt Cathedral Cathédrale Sainte-Anne d'Apt
Saint Anne's Church
Location	Apt, Vaucluse
Country	France
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1795
Dedication	Blessed Virgin Mary
Architecture
Architectural type	church
Style	Romanesque, Baroque
Completed	1810
Administration
Diocese	Dioceses of Avignon
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Jean-Pierre Cattenoz

Apt Cathedral (Cathédrale Sainte-Anne d'Apt) is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral located in the town of Apt in Provence, France now designated as a national monument.

The shrine is the relic church of Saint Anne. Formerly a cathedral, it was the seat of the Bishop of Apt until the French Revolution. Under the Concordat of 1801, the diocese was divided between the Dioceses of Avignon and Digne.

Pope Pius IX granted a Pontifical decree of coronation towards its venerated Marian image through the Archbishop of Avignon, Monsigneur Louis Anne Dubreil on 9 September 1877. The white marble image depicting a child Blessed Virgin Mary is notable for having been a late creation of the renowned religious sculptor, Giovanni Maria Benzoni.