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Maugis Of Avranches
Maugis was a Catholic cleric who bishop of Avranches in what is today France from 1017 to 1022. Records show that Maugis initiated the construction of the cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ... on 1125.Daniel Levalet, « La cathédrale Saint-André et les origines chrétiennes d'Avranches » dans ''Archéologie Médiévale'', volume 12, 1982, p.107-153. He appears as witness in 10 charters.Richard Allen, "The Norman Episcopate 989-1110" (2009), PhD thesis. Mauguis died in 1026. Notes and references Sources * Richard Allen, "The Norman Episcopate 989-1110" (2009), PhD thesis. * Recueil des actes des ducs de Normandie de 911 à 1066, ed. M.Faroux (Caen, 1961) 11th-century French Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Avranches {{France-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Avranches
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances (–Avranches) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Constantiensis (–Abrincensis)''; French: ''Diocèse de Coutances (–Avranches)'') is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Coutance in the commune of Coutances in France. The diocese is suffragan of the Archbishop of Rouen and comprises the entire department of Manche. It was enlarged in 1802 by the addition of the former Diocese of Avranches and of two archdeaconries from the Diocese of Bayeux. Since 1854 its bishops have held the title of Bishop of Coutances (–Avranches). The Bishop of Coutances exercised ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the Channel Islands, mostly in Alderney where the Bishop also held partial authority over the Leader of Alderney, until the Reformation, despite the secular division of Normandy in 1204. The final rupture occurred definitively in 1569 when Queen Elizabeth I demanded that the Bishops hand the island over to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avranches Cathedral
Avranches Cathedral (''Cathédrale Saint-André d'Avranches'') was once a Roman Catholic cathedral in Avranches in Normandy. The seat of the Bishop of Avranches, it was a Gothic construction, notable as the place of the penance of Henry II of England in 1172 for the murder of Thomas Becket. It was destroyed completely during the French Revolution and the site remains unbuilt on. The Diocese of Avranches was not reinstated after the revolution but under the Concordat of 1801 was instead amalgamated with that of Coutances Coutances () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. History Capital of the Unelli, a Gaulish tribe, the town was given the name of ''Constantia'' in 298 during the reign of Roman emperor Constantius Chloru ... to form the Diocese of Coutances and Avranches. Sources * Ch.-A. de Beaurepaire, 1936: ''L'ancienne cathédrale d'Avranches'' (14pp). Bayeux: R.-P. Colas * Daniel Levalet: "La cathédrale Saint-André et les orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th-century French Roman Catholic Bishops
The 11th century is the period from 1001 ( MI) through 1100 ( MC) in accordance with the Julian calendar, and the 1st century of the 2nd millennium. In the history of Europe, this period is considered the early part of the High Middle Ages. There was, after a brief ascendancy, a sudden decline of Byzantine power and a rise of Norman domination over much of Europe, along with the prominent role in Europe of notably influential popes. Christendom experienced a formal schism in this century which had been developing over previous centuries between the Latin West and Byzantine East, causing a split in its two largest denominations to this day: Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. In Song dynasty China and the classical Islamic world, this century marked the high point for both classical Chinese civilization, science and technology, and classical Islamic science, philosophy, technology and literature. Rival political factions at the Song dynasty court created strife amongst th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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