|Dedicated||9 April 1393| Originating as the church of the Abbey
of St. Benignus, it became the seat of the Bishopric of Dijon
during the French Revolution, and has been the seat of the
succeeding Archbishopric of Dijon since the elevation of the
former diocese in 2002. The present Gothic cathedral was built
between 1280 and 1325, and was dedicated on 9 April 1393. The
first church here was a basilica built over the falsely reported
sarcophagus of Saint Benignus, which was placed in a crypt
constructed for it by Saint Gregory of Langres in 511; the
basilica over the crypt was completed in 535. This building
became the centre of a monastic community. In 871 Isaac, Bishop
of Langres, re-founded it as a Benedictine abbey, and restored
the basilica at the same time. In 989 Bruno, Bishop of Langres,
requested Mayeul, Abbot of Cluny, to send monks to re-settle the
abbey, grown decadent, as a Cluniac house. In 990 William of
Volpiano was appointed the new abbot. By 1002, the ruin of the
previous building had been ra