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Saint-Cyprien (;
Languedocien Languedocien (French name, ), Languedocian or Lengadocian (), is an Occitan dialect spoken in rural parts of southern France such as Languedoc, Rouergue, Quercy, Agenais and Southern Périgord. It is sometimes also called Languedocien-Guyennai ...
: ''Sent Çabrian'') is a former
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in the
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in south-western
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. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Lendou-en-Quercy.


History


Legend of the relics of St. Cyprian

The village's name comes from the name of
Cyprian Cyprian (; la, Thaschus Caecilius Cyprianus; 210 – 14 September 258 AD''The Liturgy of the Hours according to the Roman Rite: Vol. IV.'' New York: Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1975. p. 1406.) was a bishop of Carthage and an early Chri ...
, bishop of Carthage, whose relics are claimed to have been hidden here during two centuries before reportedly transferred to
Moissac Moissac () is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France. The town is situated at the confluence of the rivers Garonne and Tarn at the Canal de Garonne. Route nationale N113 was constructed through the ...
in 1122. This information comes from
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in his ''Chronicle'', and in an old lectionary of the abbey of Moissac, quoted by the
Gallia Christiana The ''Gallia Christiana'', a type of work of which there have been several editions, is a documentary catalogue or list, with brief historical notices, of all the Catholic dioceses and abbeys of France from the earliest times, also of their occupan ...
, which says that the relics were transferred to Moissac from a place in the diocese of Cahors called ''Valles'' or ''Les Vaux''.
Alain de Solminihac Alain de Solminihac (25 November 1593 – 31 December 1659) was a French Roman Catholic religious reformer and served as the Bishop of Cahors from 1636 until his death. Solminihac was a professed member of the Canons Regular of Saint Augustin ...
probably did not believe the authenticity of the relics. Before 1790, the parish's name was Saint-Cyprien des Vaux.


Administration

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since
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: *Charles Bach **1793-1796 *Jean Laroque **1796-1799 *Jean Paul Joseph Rayet **1799-1800 *Jean Laroque **1800-1821 *Duc **1821-1826 *Bernard Lacavalerie ***1826-1830 *Charles Mathieu de Tuller **1830-1832 *Pierre Bousquet **1832-1841 *Jean Pierre Gautié **1841-1848 *Bousquet **1848-1851 *Bernard Laroque **1851-1852 *Antoine Sourbié **1852-1862 *Gauthier J. Pierre Mercadié **1862-1878 *Clément Delprat **1878-1884 *Louis Verdier **1884-1885 *Eugène Mercadié **1885-1919 *Armand Mercadié **1919-1948 *Henri Chazarin **1948-1953 *Gilbert Borredon **1953-1973 *Daniel Maury **1973-1989 *Jean-Louis Vayssière **1989-2017


See also

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Communes of the Lot department The following is a list of the 313 communes of the Lot department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Saintcyprien Lendou-en-Quercy {{Lot-geo-stub