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Litardus
Litharedus was a bishop of Sees from the first half of the sixth century. He was the first bishop of Séez whose presence is attested. He attended in 511 the First Council of Orléans.Elisabeth Deniaux, Claude Lorren, Pierre Bauduin et Thomas Jarry, ''La Normandie avant les Normands : de la conquête romaine à l'arrivée des Vikings'', Rennes, Éditions Ouest-France, coll. « Université », 2002 (), p.320-321. References 6th-century Frankish bishops Year of birth unknown Bishops of Séez {{france-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Séez
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Séez (Latin: ''Dioecesis Sagiensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Séez'') is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Originally established in the 3rd century, the diocese encompasses the department of Orne in the region of Normandy. The episcopal see is the cathedral in Sées, and the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rouen. History Saint Ebrulf, a native of the Diocese of Bayeux, founded, after 560, several monasteries in the Diocese of Séez; one of them became the important Abbey of Saint-Martin-de-Séez, which, owing to the influence of Richelieu, its administrator-general, was reformed in 1636 by the Benedictines of Saint-Maur. Rotrou II, Count of Perche, in fulfillment of a vow, established in 1122, at Soligny, the Abbey of La Trappe, in favour of which bulls were issued by popes Eugene III (1147), Alexander III (1173) and Innocent III (1203), and which was reformed in 1662 by Abbot Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |