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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Diocese of Nice |
 | | The Countship of Nice from 1818 to 1860 was part of the Sardinian States, and the see became a suffragan of Genoa. |
 | | Cimiez, near Nice, where still can be seen the remains of a Roman amphitheatre, and which was made illustrious by the martyrdom of the youthful St. Pontius about 260 had also a see, held in the middle of the fifth century by St. Valerianus; a rescript of St. |
 | | Bishops of Nice bore the title of Counts of Drap since the donation of property situated at Drap, made in 1073 by Pierre, Bishop of Vaison, a native of Nice, to Raymond I, its bishop, and to his successors. |
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