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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Albarracín
The Diocese of Albarracín (Latin language, Latin, ''Albarracinensis'') existed in 1577–1852, and was located in north-eastern Spain, in the present Provinces of Spain, province of Teruel (province), Teruel, part of the present autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragón. History (1173–1852) Diocese of Segorbe (1173–1259) In 1172 Pedro Ruiz de Azagra, son of the Lord of Estella, took the city of Albarracín and succeeded in establishing a bishop there (Martín). Martín took the title of Arcabricense, and afterwards that of Segobricense, thinking that Albarracín was nearer to the ancient ''Segobriga'' (Segorbe) than to ''Ercavica'' or ''Arcabrica''. This choice of name follows the ideology of the Reconquista, Reconquest, according to which the bishops were simply restoring the old Christian entities only temporarily taken over by the Moors. In this way, the city of Albarracín became the seat of the bishops of Diocese of Segorbe, Segorbe. Diocese of Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Language
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italy (geographical region), Italian region and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. Even after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, fall of Western Rome, Latin remained the common language of international communication, science, scholarship and academia in Europe until well into the 18th century, when other regional vernaculars (including its own descendants, the Romance languages) supplanted it in common academic and political usage, and it eventually became a dead language in the modern linguistic definition. Latin is a fusional language, highly inflected language, with three distinct grammatical gender, genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), six or seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
