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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ancient Diocese of Macon |
 | | In 1435 Charles VII of France, by the Treaty of Arras, ceded it to Philip, Duke of Burgundy, but in 1477 it reverted to France, upon the death of Charles the Bold. |
 | | Emperor Charles V definitively recognized the Mâconnais as French at the Treaty of Cambrai (1529). |
 | | The wars of religion filled Mâcon with blood; it was captured on 5 May, 1562, by the Protestant d'Entragues, on 18 August, 1562, by the Catholic Tavannes, on 29 Sept., 1567, it again fell into the hands of the Protestants, and on 4 Dec., 1567, was recovered by the Catholics. |
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