Soon after bishop Timotej began to rebuild the cathedral in new Gothic style.
In his lifetime, he was known as pious man who tended to the sick and worked on rebuilding the cathedral.
He even assisted in rebuilding the cathedral he had destroyed.
Next day, the decision was taken to rebuild the cathedral, as a symbol of hope and reconciliation between warring nations.
He rebuilt the cathedral and many other religious structures in Poitiers after a fire.
With the income from the restored lands Gundulf started to rebuild the cathedral in 1080 a little to the east of its previous site.
He rebuilt the cathedral as an act of atonement to the Pope.
The Normans rebuilt the cathedral and added a line of walls.
Giuseppe Maria Pellicano (1818) rebuilt the cathedral, destroyed by an earthquake in 1783.
The funds were not sufficient to rebuild the whole cathedral in the style of the time.