Former Benedictine abbey which was the model for the one in Cluny. It was founded before 885 in Auvergne by Count Géraud d'Aurillac.
The abbey-church has undergone six successive reconstructions in the course of its evolution. In the 19th century, during the last rebuilding, the church was completed with three bays for the nave and a porch. The bell tower was rebuilt to new standards.
Former aurillacoise chapel of a convent of cordeliers dating from the Middle Ages, it was restored in the 17th century and a belfry was added late in 1848.
Church built on the initiative of Anne de Beaujeu, daughter of Louis XI, regent of the kingdom and viscountess of Carlat. The construction is undertaken from 1503 to 1522.
The Chapel with its fresco decorations depicting scenes from the Passion had to be undertaken by Louis III of Anjony, lord of the place since 1526, to compensate for the fact that attendance at the parish church had become impossible for them after the assassination of the parish priest by the Tournemire family.
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