Saint-Cyprien, Lot

Saint-Cyprien is a former commune in the Lot department in south-western France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Lendou-en-Quercy.

History

Legend of the relics of St. Cyprian

The village's name comes from the name of Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, whose relics are claimed to have been hidden here during two centuries before reportedly transferred to Moissac in 1122. This information comes from Aymeric de Peyrac in his Chronicle, and in an old lectionary of the abbey of Moissac, quoted by the Gallia Christiana, which says that the relics were transferred to Moissac from a place in the diocese of Cahors called Valles or Les Vaux. Alain de Solminihac probably did not believe the authenticity of the relics.
Before 1790, the parish's name was Saint-Cyprien des Vaux.

Administration

List of mayors since 1793:

Charles Bach
*1793-1796
Jean Laroque
*1796-1799
Jean Paul Joseph Rayet
*1799-1800
Jean Laroque
*1800-1821
Duc
*1821-1826
Bernard Lacavalerie
**1826-1830
Charles Mathieu de Tuller
*1830-1832
Pierre Bousquet
*1832-1841
Jean Pierre Gautié
*1841-1848
Bousquet
*1848-1851
Bernard Laroque
*1851-1852
Antoine Sourbié
*1852-1862
Gauthier J. Pierre Mercadié
*1862-1878
Clément Delprat
*1878-1884
Louis Verdier
*1884-1885
Eugène Mercadié
*1885-1919
Armand Mercadié
*1919-1948
Henri Chazarin
*1948-1953
Gilbert Borredon
*1953-1973
Daniel Maury
*1973-1989
Jean-Louis Vayssière
*'''1989-2017'''