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See Of Langres
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lingonensis''; French language, French: ''Diocèse de Langres'') is a Roman Catholic diocese comprising the ''département in France, département'' of Haute-Marne in France. The diocese is now a suffragan in ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims, Archdiocese of Reims, having been a suffragan of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lyon, Lyon until 2002. The current bishop is Joseph Marie Edouard de Metz-Noblat, who succeeded Bishop Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley on 21 January 2014. The diocese covers a territory of 6,250 km2 and its estimated catholic population is 140,000. History Louis Duchesne considers Senator, Justus and Desiderius of Langres, St. Desiderius (Didier), who was martyred during the invasion of the Vandals (about 407), the first three bishops of Langres. The See, therefore, must have been founded about the middle of the fourth century. In 1179, Hugh III, Duke of Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langres Cathedral
Langres Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Saint-Mammès de Langres) is a Roman Catholic church in Langres, France. It was erected in the twelfth century, and is dedicated to the 3rd-century martyr Mammes of Caesarea. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Langres, and is a national monument. The nave and interior are in the Romanesque and French Gothic style while the later facade is an example of French Neoclassical architecture History Romanesque and Gothic construction At the time that the cathedral was built, the diocese of Langres was considerably larger; it reached further south and included Dijon, which did not become a separate diocese until 1731. Around 1140, bishop Geoffroy de La Roche-Vanneau (1091–1162), a close friend of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, took the decision to rebuild the cathedral. At that time the cathedral of Saint-Étienne in Sens, the first fully Gothic cathedral, was already under construction. The choir and the ambulatory were constructed firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |