Camino Photo of the Day: Cahors Altar of the Sacred Heart

For the next few days, I’ll be posting photos of the various side altars and chapels of the Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Cahors. This particular side altar is found just off the nave and is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I don’t know how old the wall paintings are – I suspect 19th century – but the construction of this part of the building is dated to the 13th century. The altar is obviously much newer than that. This, like all of the various chapels, seems to be well-visited, even if there was no evidence of Mass being celebrated at this altar.

Date: 04 September 2023
Place: Cahors, Lot Département, Region of Occitanie, France

Maps!

The site I’ve been using for my daily maps, Gronze.com, while otherwise great, unfortunately doesn’t have maps for this variant. So here’s a map from my book Practical Pilgrimage showing the entirety of the three main variants and larger sub-variants. I walked the GR6 from Figeac to Rocamadour and the GR46 on to Cahors.