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François-Marie Bigex
François-Marie Bigex (24 September 1751 – 19 February 1827) was a prominent Duchy of Savoy, Savoyard Clergy, churchman who was appointed Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinerolo, Pinerolo in 1817 and then, in 1824, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise, Chambéry. His life and career were greatly affected by the Napoleonic Wars, French wars, which impacted Savoy directly between :fr:Rattachement de la Savoie à la France (1792), 1792 and Congress of Vienna#Final Act, 1815. He spent the most dangerous years of that period exiled in Lausanne, from where he was able to direct and undertake various missionary projects designed to combat the false doctrines that had arrived with the French Revolutionary Army, revolutionary armies from French Revolution, the west. His principal weapon in these endeavours was the pen. Biography Provenance and early years François-Marie Bigex was born at La Balme-de-Thuy, a small town, eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, and Tarentaise (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Camberiensis, Maruianensis et Tarantasiensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne et Tarentaise'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in France and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lyon. The archepiscopal see is Chambéry Cathedral, located in the city of Chambéry. The archdiocese encompasses the department of Savoie, in the Region of Rhône-Alpes. The diocese was created in 1779, from the Diocese of Grenoble, after a complicated earlier history. It became an archdiocese in 1817, though at that point it was not within French territory. History In 1467, in the ducal chapel built for the Holy Winding-Sheet (''Santo Sudario'', better known as the Turin Shroud) by Amadeus IX of Savoy, and the Duchess Yolande of France, Pope Paul II erected a chapter directly subject to the Holy See, and his successor Pope Sixtus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |