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Église Saint-Similien
The Church of St. Similien, Nantes is an ancient church, in the Hauts-Pavés district of Nantes, France. It is dedicated to Similien of Nantes and is located on the northwest side of the Place Saint-Similien. Gallery File:Église Saint-Similien Nantes3.JPG File:Church of Saint-Similien Nantes stained glass.jpg File:Church of Saint-Similien Nantes nave.jpg File:Church of Saint-Similien Nantes well.jpg File:Church of Saint-Similien Nantes rose window.jpg File:Church of Saint-Similien Nantes columns.jpg History After the death of Bishop Similien 17 June 310, his successor, Eumilius, erected over his grave a votive chapel. One hundred years later, the bishop Leo, a Greek (444-458) built a real church 20 meters long and 9 meters wide which is also called "Holy Sambin". It ends east exedra by a narrow apse of 4 meters in diameter. The building, which then dominates the "Bourgneuf", built in square stones interspersed with brick chaining, will be dedicated on 24 June 419, day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabitants (2018). With Saint-Nazaire, a seaport on the Loire estuary, Nantes forms one of the main north-western French metropolitan agglomerations. It is the administrative seat of the Loire-Atlantique department and the Pays de la Loire region, one of 18 regions of France. Nantes belongs historically and culturally to Brittany, a former duchy and province, and its omission from the modern administrative region of Brittany is controversial. Nantes was identified during classical antiquity as a port on the Loire. It was the seat of a bishopric at the end of the Roman era before it was conquered by the Bretons in 851. Although Nantes was the primary residence of the 15th-century dukes of Brittany, Rennes became the provincial capital after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis XI
Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (french: le Prudent), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father, Charles VII. Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revolt known as the Praguerie in 1440. The king forgave his rebellious vassals, including Louis, to whom he entrusted the management of the Dauphiné, then a province in southeastern France. Louis's ceaseless intrigues, however, led his father to banish him from court. From the Dauphiné, Louis led his own political establishment and married Charlotte of Savoy, daughter of Louis, Duke of Savoy, against the will of his father. Charles VII sent an army to compel his son to his will, but Louis fled to Burgundy, where he was hosted by Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, Charles' greatest enemy. When Charles VII died in 1461, Louis left the Burgundian court to take possession of his kingdom. His taste for intrigue and his intense diplomatic activ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Fournier
Félix Fournier (3 May 1803 - 9 June 1877) was a dignitary of the Catholic Church and a French people, French politician, and bishop of Nantes from 1870 to his death in 1877. Biography Félix Fournier was born on 3 May 1803 in Nantes and died on 9 June 1877 in Rome (Italy).J.B. Russon et D. Duret, La cathédrale de Nantes, Roumegoux et Cie, Savenay, 1933, 145 p., p. 69 Fournier was ordained in 1827. He was vicar and parish priest of the parish of Saint-Nicolas in Nantes from 1836 to 1870 before reaching the Bishopric. Fournier was elected once, in 1848, as a deputy of Lower Loire and participated in the work of the Constituent Assembly where he sat on the right with the supporters of Bonapartism. Fournier played a decisive role in the completion work of the Cathedral of Nantes (inaugurated in 1891), trying to gain the government's interest and obtaining the necessary funding for completion. In 1837 he founded a local Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. He died during a pilgrimag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
