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Robert II (bishop Of Tours)
Robert II was bishop of Tours from 916 to 931. Robert had gone to Rome and was returning to his diocese. In the Alps he and his companions were attacked by brigands and slain. Sources *Flodoard of Reims, ''Annals of Flodoard of Reims'', tran. Steven Fanning and Bernard Bachrach, Bernard S. Bachrach. (Orchard Park, New York: Broadview Press, 2004) p. 20 10th-century French bishops Bishops of Tours 931 deaths Year of birth unknown {{France-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Tours
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Turonensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Tours'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese has roots that go back to the 3rd century, while the formal erection of the diocese dates from the 5th century. The ecclesiastical province of Tours corresponds with the late Roman province of Tertia Lugdunensis. During Breton independence the see of Dol briefly exercised metropolitical functions (mainly tenth century). In 1859 the Breton dioceses except that of Nantes were constituted into a province of Rennes. Tours kept its historic suffragans of Le Mans, Angers together with Nantes and a newly constituted Diocese of Laval. In 2002 Tours lost all connection with its historic province, all its previous suffragans depending henceforth on an expanded province of Rennes (corresponding to the Brittany and Pays de la Loire administrative regions). Tours since 2002 has become the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |