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Abbey Of Saint-Ruf, Avignon
The abbey of Saint-Ruf was a house of canons regular in the city of Avignon between the 11th and 18th centuries. It was the mother house and original headquarters of the Order of Saint-Ruf. After 1158, it was reduced to a priory. Origins The earliest reference to a church dedicated to Saint belonging to the cathedral of Avignon is a precept of the Emperor Louis the Blind from 18 August 917. The church, which lay outside the city walls to the south, is called an ''abbatiola'' (). It may have been one of the oldest churches in Avignon, perhaps from as early as the 4th century. Rufus came to be seen as the first bishop of Avignon, he was not regarded as such in the 10th–11th centuries, when his name was associated with the church. He may have been its founder. Possibly he was buried there, as the church was located near a cemetery. On 1 January 1039, Bishop Benedict of Avignon granted the dilapidated church to four of his clergymen named Kamaldus, Odilo, Pontius and Durandus, upon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avignon - Saint Ruf 3
Avignon (, , ; or , ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the Communes of France, commune had a population of 93,671 as of the census results of 2017, with about 16,000 (estimate from Avignon's municipal services) living in the ancient town centre enclosed by its Walls of Avignon, medieval walls. It is Functional area (France), France's 35th-largest metropolitan area according to INSEE with 337,039 inhabitants (2020), and France's 13th-largest urban unit with 459,533 inhabitants (2020). Its urban area was the fastest-growing in France from 1999 until 2010 with an increase of 76% of its population and an area increase of 136%. The Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon, a cooperation structure of 16 communes, had 197,102 inhabitants in 2022. Between 1309 and 1377, during the Avignon Papacy, seven successive popes resided in Avi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Urban II
Pope Urban II (; – 29 July 1099), otherwise known as Odo of Châtillon or Otho de Lagery, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 March 1088 to his death. He is best known for convening the Council of Clermont, which ignited the series of Christianity and violence, Christian military expeditions known as the Crusades. Pope Urban was a native of France and a descendant of a noble family from the French commune of Châtillon-sur-Marne. Before his papacy, Urban was the grand prior of Cluny Abbey, Cluny and bishop of Ostia. As pope, he dealt with Antipope Clement III, the infighting of various Christian nations, and the Byzantine–Seljuk wars, Turkish invasions into Anatolia. In 1095, he started preaching for the start of the First Crusade (1096–1099). He promised forgiveness and pardon for all of the past sins of those who would fight to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslims and free the Eastern churches. This pardon would also apply to those fig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarragona Cathedral
The Primatial Cathedral of Tarragona is a Roman Catholic church in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The edifice is located in a site previously occupied by a Roman temple dating to the time of Tiberius, a Visigothic cathedral, and a Moorish mosque. It was declared a national monument in 1905. History The cathedral was begun in 1154. Architecture Interior The cathedral is in a transitional style between Romanesque and Gothic. It has a basilica plan with a nave and two aisles, a transept with unequal arms, three semicircular apses with deep presbyteries. The apse has three windows in the lower part, and other seven in the upper one, of ogival shape. The nave has a height of 26 metres at the dome, a length and a width of 16.5 m, while the aisles are 13 m height and 8.25 m wide. The length of the main axle is 101 metres. The nave and the aisles are covered by cross vaults whose ribs are supported by cruciform pilasters annexed to columns; the capitals of the latter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tortosa Cathedral
The Catedral of Saint Mary of Tortosa is a cathedral located in Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain and seat of the Diocese of Tortosa. The present structure is located in the center of the city's old town. Design Its construction began in 1347 on the remains of a previous Romanesque cathedral. The cathedral was completed two centuries later. It was designed by Benito Dalguayre and has three naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels."Tortosa Cathedral in Tortosa, Spain: Monuments in Tortosa , Spain.info in English." Tortosa Cathedral in Tortosa, Spain: Monuments in Tortosa , Spain.info in English. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2013. The church is constructed in the Catalan Gothic style, though the façade, from the 18th century, is Baroque. Archeological excavations on the site revealed that the cathedral was constructed on the site of an older Romanesque church, which was itself built on the site of the old Roman forum of Tortosa. Images Image:Catedra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzès Cathedral
Uzès Cathedral () is a former Roman Catholic church located in Uzès, France. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Theodoritus, and is now a parish church. The church was formerly the seat of the Bishops of Uzès, until the diocese was abolished under the Concordat of 1801 and its territory passed to the Diocese of Avignon. In 1877, the territory of the former diocese of Uzès was removed from that of Avignon and added to the Diocese of Nîmes, now the Diocese of Nîmes, Uzès and Alès. The present building, which was gutted during the French Revolution, and after repair and with the addition of a 19th-century Neo-classical façade is now used as a parish church, dates from the 17th century, and was a rebuild of the previous cathedral, which was destroyed during the French Wars of Religion. That cathedral in its turn had been built to replace a still earlier one which had been destroyed in the 12th century during the Albigensian Crusade. The campanile A bell tower is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mende Cathedral
Mende Cathedral ( French: ''Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat de Mende'') is a Roman Catholic Cathedral and Minor Basilica Basilicas are Catholic church buildings that have a designation, conferring special privileges, given by the Pope. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectura .... It is the Seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Mende, located in the Department of Lozere. The Tourist Office of the City of Mende describes the Cathedral as "Jewel, the Nerve Center of the City." The Cathedral enshrines the Tomb of Saint Privat. Construction began in 1369 on the initiative of Pope Urban V. The Cathedral was consecrated for the first time in 1469. The Pope Urban V was a native of the region, which had been previously known as the County of Gévaudan, located within the far northern extreme of the Province of Languedoc. After the conclusion of the French Revolution in 1789 all t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maguelone Cathedral
Maguelone Cathedral () is a Roman Catholic church architecture, church and former cathedral located around south of Montpellier in the Hérault department of southern France. The building stands on an isthmus between the Étang de l'Arnel lake and the Mediterranean Sea in the Gulf of Lion, which was once the site of the original city of Maguelone, opposite the present-day town of Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone. Maguelone Cathedral was once the episcopal seat of the former Bishop of Maguelone until 1563, when the Episcopal see, see was transferred to the newly created Bishopric of Montpellier. The cathedral, constructed when the see was returned here in the 11th century from Substantion by Bishop Arnaud (1030-1060), is a Romanesque architecture, Romanesque fortified building. Although parts, such as the towers, have been demolished, the main body of the building remains functional and is a registered Monument historique, national monument. It is run by a dedicated preservation society, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olegarius
Olegarius Bonestruga (from Germanic ''Oldegar'', , , ; 1060 – 6 March 1137) was the Bishop of Barcelona from 1116 and Archbishop of Tarragona from 1118 until his death. He was an intimate of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and often accompanied the count on military ventures. Olegarius was canonised in 1675 and his major shrine and sepulchre is in the side chapel of Christ of Lepanto in the cathedral of Barcelona. His feast is celebrated the date of his death: 6 March. An unreliable '' vita'' was composed for his canonisation, based on a fourteenth-century ''Vitae sancti Ollegarii'', which is based on a lost twelfth-century ''vita'' often ascribed to Olegarius' contemporary of Barcelona, Renald the Grammarian.McCrank, 160 n8. Early ecclesiastical career Olegarius was born to a noble family of Barcelona. His father was a follower of Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona; his mother was Guilla (or Guilia). At the age of ten, Olegarius entered the guild of canon pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Orange
The ancient residential diocese of Orange in the Comtat Venaissin in Provence, a fief belonging to the papacy, was suppressed by the French government during the French Revolution. It was revived in 2009 as a titular see of the Catholic Church. History The city now called Orange in southern France was called Arausio in Roman times. It had been founded as a retirement colony for veterans of the Roman Army who had served under Augustus during his campaigns against Marc Antony. It became the seat of a bishop very probably towards the end of the 3rd century: at the Synod of Arles in 314, its bishop was represented by a priest named Faustinus. The first bishop of Arausio whose name is given in extant documents was Constantius, who took part in the Council of Aquileia, 381. From the early 5th century, the see was a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Arles. Arausio hosted two important synods, in 441 and 529. The Second Council of Orange was of importance for its condemna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berengar (bishop Of Orange)
Berengar is a masculine name derived from Germanic roots meaning "bear" and "spear". The name appears frequently among certain noble families during the Middle Ages, especially the Unruochings and those related. Bérenger is the French form, while Berengario is the Italian form, Berenguer is the Catalan form, and Berenguier or Berengier is the Occitan form. The Latin form is ''Berengarius'' and the female equivalent is '' Berengaria''. Other forms of the name include Berenger, Bérenger, Bérangier, or Beringer. Personal name *Berengar of Toulouse, Frankish nobleman (fl. ninth century) *Berengar I of Neustria, Frankish nobleman (fl. ninth century) *Berengar II of Neustria, Frankish nobleman (d. 896) *Berengar I of Italy, King of Italy (c. 845–924) *Berengar II of Italy, King of Italy (c. 900–966) *Judicael Berengar, Breton nobleman (fl. tenth century) *Berengar of Tours, theologian (c. 999–1088) *Berengar (bishop of Venosa) (fl. eleventh century) *Berengar of Poitiers (fl. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lietbert Of Saint-Ruf
Lietbertus of Saint-Ruf was the abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions. The name is derived from ''abba'', the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ''ab'', and means "father". The female equivale ... of Abbey of Saint-Ruf, Avignon, Saint-Ruf, in the diocese of Avignon, from 1100 to 1110. Letbert was the author of a Exegesis, commentary on the Psalms called ''Flores Psalmorum''. He also wrote the customs for or of Saint-Ruf (the ''Liber ecclesiastici et canonici ordinis''). These customs were based upon the monastic recommendations of Saint Augustine, and were a great influence on other houses of regular canons which would become the Augustinian Order. Letbert was educated at the Collegiate Church of Saint-Pierre (Lille), collegiate church of Saint Peter in Lille, which was dedicated in 1066 - hence his other cognomen, Letbert of Lille. References Further reading *Ursula Vones-Liebenstein: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
