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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Verdun
		Suppressed by the Concordat of 1802, and subsequently united to the Diocese of Nancy, Verdun was re-established by the Bull of 27 July, 1817, and by the Royal Decree of 31 October, 1822.
		It was formed practically of the entire ancient Diocese of Verdun, portions of the ancient Dioceses of Trier, Châlons, Toul, Metz, and Reims, and became suffragan of the Archdiocese of Besançon.
		Peter became Bishop of Verdun in 781, named to that office by Adrian I at the request of Charlemagne; shortly afterwards he was accused of conspiring against the emperor but was cleared of the accusation at the Synod of Frankfort (794).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15350c.htm (1610 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Verdun
		Suppressed by the Concordat of 1802, and subsequently united to the Diocese of Nancy, Verdun was re-established by the Bull of 27 July, 1817, and by the Royal Decree of 31 October, 1822.
		It was formed practically of the entire ancient Diocese of Verdun, portions of the ancient Dioceses of Trier, Châlons, Toul, Metz, and Reims, and became suffragan of the Archdiocese of Besançon.
		Peter became Bishop of Verdun in 781, named to that office by Adrian I at the request of Charlemagne; shortly afterwards he was accused of conspiring against the emperor but was cleared of the accusation at the Synod of Frankfort (794).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15350c.htm (1610 words)

	MEUSE - Online Information article about MEUSE
		diocese of Verdun; it has its See also:
		The heights gradually sink from south to north, but seldom fall below l000 ft. The hills of the Argonne similarly sink rapidly down to the valley of the Saulx, where the lowest level of the department (377 ft.) is reached.
		Orne, a tributary of the Moselle, and the Chiers, which runs by Montmedy to join the Meuse.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MEC_MIC/MEUSE.html (776 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Verdun
		Suppressed by the Concordat of 1802, and subsequently united to the Diocese of Nancy, Verdun was re-established by the Bull of 27 July, 1817, and by the Royal Decree of 31 October, 1822.
		Peter became Bishop of Verdun in 781, named to that office by Adrian I at the request of Charlemagne; shortly afterwards he was accused of conspiring against the emperor but was cleared of the accusation at the Synod of Frankfort (794).
		The counts of Verdun belonged to the family of Ardennes of which Godfrey of Bouillon, the hero of the First Crusade, was an illustrious member.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15350c.htm (1610 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Verdun
		Suppressed by the Concordat of 1802, and subsequently united to the Diocese of Nancy, Verdun was re-established by the Bull of 27 July, 1817, and by the Royal Decree of 31 October, 1822.
		Peter became Bishop of Verdun in 781, named to that office by Adrian I at the request of Charlemagne; shortly afterwards he was accused of conspiring against the emperor but was cleared of the accusation at the Synod of Frankfort (794).
		The Treaty of Verdun signed in 843 by the three Kings, Lothaire, Charles the Bald, and Louis the German, definitively confirmed the division of Charlemagne's empire.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15350c.htm (1610 words)

	verdun - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		Verdun : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nancy
		The Concordat of 1802, which suppressed Toul, made Nancy the seat of a vast diocese which included the three Departments of Meurthe, Meuse, and Vosges; the latter two were detached from Nancy in 1822 on the re-establishment of the Dioceses of Verdun and Saint-Dié.
		Nancy however annexed the arrondissement of Briey which remained French, and was detached from the Diocese of Metz (consistorial decrees of 10 and 14 July, 1874).
		Since 1824 the bishops of Nancy have borne the title of Bishops of Nancy and Toul, as the ancient Diocese of Toul is almost entirely united with Nancy.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10680a.htm (920 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nancy
		The Concordat of 1802, which suppressed Toul, made Nancy the seat of a vast diocese which included the three Departments of Meurthe, Meuse, and Vosges; the latter two were detached from Nancy in 1822 on the re-establishment of the Dioceses of Verdun and Saint-Dié.
		Nancy however annexed the arrondissement of Briey which remained French, and was detached from the Diocese of Metz (consistorial decrees of 10 and 14 July, 1874).
		Since 1824 the bishops of Nancy have borne the title of Bishops of Nancy and Toul, as the ancient Diocese of Toul is almost entirely united with Nancy.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10680a.htm (920 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Strasburg
		By the Treaty of Verdun (843) the Diocese of Strasburg fell to the empire of Lothair; in 870 it became part of the east Frankish kingdom, later the Holy Roman Empire, so that the German character of the diocese was preserved.
		In 1680, during the episcopate of Charles Egon of Fürstenberg (1663-82), whose sympathies were French, Louis XIV seized all the territory of the diocese on the left bank of the Rhine under pretence of "reunion"; the city of Strasburg became a French possession in 1681.
		In Strasburg Brendel, a constitutional bishop, was elected; Eulogius Schneider, whom he appointed vicar-general, persecuted Catholic priests who refused to take the oath, until the overthrow of the Reign of Terror in Paris put an end to this injustice.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14313c.htm (2029 words)

	MEUSE (RIVER) - LoveToKnow Article on MEUSE (RIVER)
		Ecclesiastically the department forms the diocese of Verdun; it has its court of appeal at Nancy, and constitutes part of the district of the army corps of Chalons-sur-Marne, and of the educational division of Nancy.
		The department constitutes the diocese of Nancy, has its court of appeal at Nancy, and forms a part of the district of the VI.
		About one-half belongs to the basin of the river Meuse, which is enclosed oh the west by the wooded region of Argonne, on the east by the hills known as the Cotes de Meuse.
	2.1911encyclopedia.org /M/ME/MEUSE_RIVER_.htm (2569 words)

	Aethelweard (Anglo-Saxon nobleman, late 10th c
		Verdun: city and bishopric in Lorraine; site of the Treaty of Verdun, 843, which divided the Frankish empire into kingdoms for the 3 surviving sons of Louis the Pious.
		Boniface worked with Willibrord in Frisia, then alone in Hessen in central Germany; in 732 Boniface got pallium (sign of archiepiscopal status) from the pope, though as yet he had no diocese of his own; 739 reorganised bishoprics in Bavaria.
		Burchard of Worms: bishop of Worms, 1000-1025; canon lawyer, author of Decretum of Burchard of Worms.
	www.nott.ac.uk /history/teaching/jsb/jsb.htm (2569 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nancy
		The Concordat of 1802, which suppressed Toul, made Nancy the seat of a vast diocese which included the three Departments of Meurthe, Meuse, and Vosges; the latter two were detached from Nancy in 1822 on the re-establishment of the Dioceses of Verdun and Saint-Dié.
		Since 1824 the bishops of Nancy have borne the title of Bishops of Nancy and Toul, as the ancient Diocese of Toul is almost entirely united with Nancy.
		Since 1165, whenever the bishop of Toul officiated pontifically, he wore an ornament called surhumeral, or rationale, a sort of pallium covered with precious stones, which decoration he alone of all the bishops of the Latin Church wore.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10680a.htm (920 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Verdun
		Suppressed by the Concordat of 1802, and subsequently united to the Diocese of Nancy, Verdun was re-established by the Bull of 27 July, 1817, and by the Royal Decree of 31 October, 1822.
		It was formed practically of the entire ancient Diocese of Verdun, portions of the ancient Dioceses of Trier, Châlons, Toul, Metz, and Reims, and became suffragan of the Archdiocese of Besançon.
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	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15350c.htm (920 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Verdun
		Nicolas Psaulme (1548-75) successfully withstood the inroads of Protestantism in the diocese.
		During the first half of the twelfth century, Renauld le Borgne, Count de Bar and Voué of Verdun, governed the town as a tyrant and resisted the authority of the bishops for thirty-five years.
		The feast entitled "Commemoration of the Miracles of the Virgin Mary" is celebrated in the diocese on 20 October, in honour of the final victory of Bishop Albero (1131-56) over "le Borgne" to whom the former ceded Clermontois and Vienne-le-Château.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15350c.htm (1610 words)

	Aethelweard (Anglo-Saxon nobleman, late 10th c
		Verdun: city and bishopric in Lorraine; site of the Treaty of Verdun, 843, which divided the Frankish empire into kingdoms for the 3 surviving sons of Louis the Pious.
		Canterbury: city of Roman origins in Kent; diocese from 597, founded by Augustine of Canterbury (cathedral = Christ Church).
		Augustine also founded a monastery just outside the walls at Canterbury, originally dedicated to Sts Peter and Paul, which became a mausoleum for Kentish kings and for archbishops of Canterbury up to the middle Saxon period; later the dedication of the monastery changed to St Augustine's in honour of its founder.
	www.nottingham.ac.uk /history/teaching/jsb/jsb.htm (16417 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lorraine
		For political reasons, Lothair II ceded small portions of his domains to his neighbours: to his brother Charles, the Diocese of Belley and Moutiers; to Louis of Italy, provinces in the Upper Jura and the Vaud; to Louis the German, Alsace.
		By the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the empire of Charlemagne was divided in three parts: Ludwig the German received Eastern Franconia; Charles the Bald, Western Franconia; and Lothair I, the strip of land lying between the two and reaching from the North Sea to the Rhone, with Italy in addition.
		In 977 Emperor Otto II granted it to Charles, brother of Lothair of France, as a German fief.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09362a.htm (2421 words)

	URBAN IV
		He served as papal legate, became bishop of Verdun and patriarch of Jerusalem.
		Juliana, the holy nun of Mt. Cornillon, had got Robert, archbishop of Liege, to start the feast in his diocese.
		To Urban also Catholics owe the very beautiful Mass and office of the feast, for it was at Urban's request that St. Thomas Aquinas wrote them.
	www.cfpeople.org /Books/Pope/POPEp180.htm (514 words)

	St. Benedict of Anian
		He is not to be confounded with Smaragdus, Abbot in the diocese of Verdun, author of a commentary on the rule of St. Bennet.
		From his life, written with great piety, gravity, and erudition by St. Ardo Smaragdus, his disciple, to whom he committed the government of his Monastery of Anian, when he was called by the emperor near the court.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/BOFANIAN.htm (1143 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Verdun
		The Diocese of Verdun figures largely in the history of art, owing to the sculptor Ligier Richier (1500-72), a pupil of Michelangelo.
		Before the foundation of the Fortress of Montmedy there existed, on the rock dominating the town, a chapel under the protection of the Blessed Virgin which in the sixth century had replaced a statue of the Gaulish Mercury.
		At this town Joan of Arc presented herself to Robert de Baudricout, offering her services against the English who were then besieging Orléans.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15350c.htm (1143 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Switzerland
		In the partition of the Frankish Empire by the Treaty of Verdun in 843 the central and eastern parts of Switzerland fell to the Kingdom of Alamannia, the western to the Kingdom of Lorraine, and later to France.
		The Diocese of Basle, the city of Geneva, Ticino, and Valais were annexed by France; the Principality of Neuchâtel was given to Marshal Berthier.
		On the organization of the Roman provinces before Diocletian the northwestern past of the territory of Switzerland belonged to the provinces of Germania Superior, the southwestern section (Geneva) to the Provincia Narbonensis, the eastern and the greater part of the southeastern region to the province of Rhaetia.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14358a.htm (8038 words)

	German Genealogy: Alsace / Elsass
		For example, the northernmost section of both Alsace and Lorraine, encompassing a fair amount of the German area north of the border, is no. 57 ("Verdun-Wissembourg"); Alsace proper is no. 87 ("Wissembourg-Belfort").
		Modern Alsace forms a single Catholic diocese, with Strasbourg as the seat.
		Roman Catholic parishes were organized into dioceses with bishops at Strasbourg and Basel.
	www.genealogienetz.de /reg/ELS-LOT/alsace.html (8038 words)

	franconia (church,franconia)
		Formerly a Cistercian monastery in the Diocese of Eichstatt in Middle franconia.
		By the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the empire of Charlemagne was divided in three parts: Ludwig the German received Eastern franconia ; Charles the Bald, Western franconia ; and Lothair I, the strip of land lying between the two and reaching from the North Sea to the Rhone, with Italy in addition.
		After the death of Lothair I, in 855, Italy passed to his son Lothair II, who gave his name to the district henceforth known as Lotharii Regnum - Lotharingen, Lothringen, or Lorraine.
	www.christianity-x.com /christianity-x/franconia.html (8038 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Diocese of Trier
		John VI von der Leyen (1556-67) was able to regain Trier, but could not prevent the French from taking possession of his three suffragan dioceses, Metz, Toul, and Verdun.
		He checked the further spread of the new doctrines by calling the Jesuits into his diocese (1561).
		Charles Caspar von der Leyen (1652-76) had scarcely repaired the damage done by the Thirty Years War by an excellent administration, when the marauding wars of Louis XIV of France brought fresh misery upon the country.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15042a.htm (8038 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of February 7
		Saint Tressan is said to be one of five or six brothers, including Saint Gibrian, and three sisters, who travelled from Ireland to France to evangelize for the glory of God in the diocese of Rheims, France.
		His relics were venerated at the abbey of Saint- Mihiel in Verdun.
		Luke was the third of the seven children of Stephen and Euphrosyne.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0207.htm (8038 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of February 5
		Blessed Frederick of Arras, count of Verdun, and his friend Blessed Richard, dean of the diocese of Rheims, who later became abbot of Saint- Vannes.
		Sometimes she is shown (1) with her breasts cut off or held in tongs; (2) crowned, with tongs and palms; (3) covering her shorn breasts as an angel brings her the martyr's palm; (4) holding a unicorn's horn; (5) with a torch and burning church in her hand (Roeder), or with a long veil (Tabor).
		She is still venerated with an octave at Bellich, where the convent she constituted under the Benedictine rule converted into a church of canonesses.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0205.htm (8038 words)

	Churches of the Diocese of Montreal
		Church of All Saints Église All-Saints [Verdun, Montréal]
		All Saints Anglican Church Église anglicane All-Saints [North Ely]
	www.montreal.anglican.org /parish/deaneries.shtml (8038 words)

	Benefice of Newbold de Verdun and Kirkby Mallory
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		Benefice of Newbold de Verdun and Kirkby Mallory
		All Saints, Kirkby Mallory St James, Newbold Verdon
	www.achurchnearyou.com /benefice.php?benf_id=19/157BH (222 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Switzerland
		In the partition of the Frankish Empire by the Treaty of Verdun in 843 the central and eastern parts of Switzerland fell to the Kingdom of Alamannia, the western to the Kingdom of Lorraine, and later to France.
		The Diocese of Basle, the city of Geneva, Ticino, and Valais were annexed by France; the Principality of Neuchâtel was given to Marshal Berthier.
		On the organization of the Roman provinces before Diocletian the northwestern past of the territory of Switzerland belonged to the provinces of Germania Superior, the southwestern section (Geneva) to the Provincia Narbonensis, the eastern and the greater part of the southeastern region to the province of Rhaetia.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14358a.htm (8038 words)

	religion: christianity: denominations: catholicism: reference: catholic-encyclopedia: c: Page 29 Spirit And Sky
		A religious congregation instituted in its present form in 1851, at Benoite-Vaux in the Diocese of Verdun, France.
		Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca
	www.spiritandsky.com /religion/christianity/denominations/catholicism/reference/catholic-encyclopedia/c/more29.html (8038 words)

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