Editing Cahors (section)

==History==
[[File:Cahors Hotel Roaldes.jpg|thumb|left|Hôtel de Roaldès]]
Cahors has had a rich history since [[Gaul|Celtic times]]. The original name of the town was Divona or ''Divona Cadurcorum'', "Divona of the [[Cadurci]]," Divona was a fountain, now called "la fontaine des Chartreux", worshiped by the Cadurci, a Celtic people of Gaul before the Roman conquest in the 50s BC. The Cadurci were among the last Celtic tribes to resist the Roman invasion. ''Cahors'' derives from ''Cadurcorum''.<ref>[[Bernhard Maier (religious studies professor)|Bernhard Maier]], ''Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture'' (Boydell and Brewer, 1997, originally published 1994 in German), p. 52.</ref> However, romanization was rapid and profound: Cahors became a large Roman city, with many monuments whose remnants can be seen today. It has declined economically since the Middle Ages, and lost its university in the 18th century. Today it is a popular tourist centre with people coming to enjoy its medieval quarter and the 14th-century fortified Valentré bridge. It is the seat of the [[Diocese of Cahors]].

It was also notorious at that time for the financiers widely known as [[Cahorsins]], Christians who charged interest on their loans. The church in these times said that using money as an end in itself ([[usury]]) was a sin. Because of this Cahors became synonymous with this sin, and was mentioned in [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]]'s [[The Divine Comedy|Inferno]] (XI.50) alongside [[Sodom and Gomorrah|Sodom]] as wicked.

[[Pope John XXII]], born Jacques Duèze or d'Euse, was born in Cahors in 1244, the son of a shoemaker.

In the [[2007 Tour de France]], Cahors was the start of stage 18. Cahors also in the [[2022 Tour de France]] was the finish of stage 19.