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Archdiocese of Besançon
The Archdiocese of Besançon (Latin: Archidiœcesis Bisuntina; French: Archidiocèse de Besançon) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. It comprises the département of Doubs (except for Montbéliard) and the département of Haute-Saône (except for the canton of Héricourt).
From 1034 to 1184, the archbishop had civil authority within the Holy Roman Empire as the prince-archbishop of Besançon. He gradually lost his civil power to the town council; the city became the Imperial city of Besançon in 1184. The city was annexed by France in stages, eventually being fully subsumed by France in 1792 during the French Revolution. The Archdiocese of Besançon is a metropolitan see with five suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province: the Dioceses of Belfort-Montbéliard, Nancy, Saint–Claude, Saint-Dié, and Verdun.
It was once believed in the Diocese of Besançon that Christianity was introduced to the area around 54 AD by Linus, one of Jesus Christ’s seventy-two disciples and the immediate successor of Peter the Apostle (d. 65), and that Linus served as the first bishop of Besançon. Although this myth has long been abandoned, Linus is still included in the episcopal lists after Ferreolus to preserve tradition.
Another local tradition states that the diocese was evangelized by Saints Ferreolus and Ferrutio (Ferréol and Ferjeux), who were sent here by St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon. According to the Catholic encyclopedia, "Louis Duchesne proved that these legends belong to a chain of narratives forged in the first half of the 6th century and of which the "passion" of St. Benignus of Dijon was the initial link."
The earliest attempt to compile local traditions and related materials occurred during the time of Bishop Hugues (1031–1067), when the first episcopal list was created. Bishop Ferreolus was not included in this list until the 18th century, when François Dunod de Charnage discovered a manuscript of The Legend of Saint Ferreolus in the collection of the Collegiate Church of La Madeleine.
The Emperor Charles the Bald visited Besançon in 871. He granted the archbishops the right to coin money.
During the Middle Ages several popes visited Besançon, among them pope Leo IX who consecrated the altar of the old Cathedral of St. Etienne in 1050, and Eugenius III who in 1148 consecrated the church of St. Jean, the new cathedral.
In a bull confirming the rights, privileges, and property of the archbishops of Besançon, dated 19 November 1049, Pope Leo IX mentions that the archbishops had a mint (moneta).
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Archdiocese of Besançon
The Archdiocese of Besançon (Latin: Archidiœcesis Bisuntina; French: Archidiocèse de Besançon) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. It comprises the département of Doubs (except for Montbéliard) and the département of Haute-Saône (except for the canton of Héricourt).
From 1034 to 1184, the archbishop had civil authority within the Holy Roman Empire as the prince-archbishop of Besançon. He gradually lost his civil power to the town council; the city became the Imperial city of Besançon in 1184. The city was annexed by France in stages, eventually being fully subsumed by France in 1792 during the French Revolution. The Archdiocese of Besançon is a metropolitan see with five suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province: the Dioceses of Belfort-Montbéliard, Nancy, Saint–Claude, Saint-Dié, and Verdun.
It was once believed in the Diocese of Besançon that Christianity was introduced to the area around 54 AD by Linus, one of Jesus Christ’s seventy-two disciples and the immediate successor of Peter the Apostle (d. 65), and that Linus served as the first bishop of Besançon. Although this myth has long been abandoned, Linus is still included in the episcopal lists after Ferreolus to preserve tradition.
Another local tradition states that the diocese was evangelized by Saints Ferreolus and Ferrutio (Ferréol and Ferjeux), who were sent here by St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon. According to the Catholic encyclopedia, "Louis Duchesne proved that these legends belong to a chain of narratives forged in the first half of the 6th century and of which the "passion" of St. Benignus of Dijon was the initial link."
The earliest attempt to compile local traditions and related materials occurred during the time of Bishop Hugues (1031–1067), when the first episcopal list was created. Bishop Ferreolus was not included in this list until the 18th century, when François Dunod de Charnage discovered a manuscript of The Legend of Saint Ferreolus in the collection of the Collegiate Church of La Madeleine.
The Emperor Charles the Bald visited Besançon in 871. He granted the archbishops the right to coin money.
During the Middle Ages several popes visited Besançon, among them pope Leo IX who consecrated the altar of the old Cathedral of St. Etienne in 1050, and Eugenius III who in 1148 consecrated the church of St. Jean, the new cathedral.
In a bull confirming the rights, privileges, and property of the archbishops of Besançon, dated 19 November 1049, Pope Leo IX mentions that the archbishops had a mint (moneta).
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