Bishopric of Maastricht

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The Bishopric of Maastricht was a medieval ecclesiastical principality and diocese centered on the city of Maastricht in the Low Countries.

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Bishopric of Maastricht canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian diocese
ecclesiastical principality
former Roman Catholic diocese
medieval bishopric
associatedWith Frankish nobility
Merovingian dynasty
surface form: Merovingian kings
borderedBy other Frankish dioceses in the Low Countries
cathedralCity Maastricht
centralCity Maastricht
country Kingdom of the Franks
surface form: Frankish Empire
established 4th century
establishedFrom Bishopric of Tongeren
followedBy Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence)
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège
governedBy bishop
governmentType episcopal theocracy
hasBishop Monulphus of Maastricht
surface form: Gondulphus of Maastricht

Lambert of Maastricht
surface form: Hubertus of Maastricht

Lambert of Maastricht
Monulphus of Maastricht
Servatius of Tongeren-Maastricht
hasMajorChurch Basilica of Our Lady, Maastricht
Basilica of Saint Servatius
historicalEra Carolingian period
Early Middle Ages
Merovingian dynasty
surface form: Merovingian period
jurisdiction spiritual authority over Christians in the Maastricht region
language Latin
legacy precursor of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège
linkedTo Christianization of the Low Countries
locatedIn Low Countries
Maastricht
present-day Netherlands
metropolitanSee Ecclesiastical province of Cologne
surface form: Archdiocese of Cologne
partOf Ecclesiastical province of Cologne
surface form: Province of Cologne (ecclesiastical)
patronSaint Saint Lambert
Servatius of Tongeren-Maastricht
surface form: Saint Servatius
precededBy Bishopric of Tongeren
region Lower Lorraine
surface form: Lower Lotharingia

Meuse valley
religion Roman Catholicism
rite Latin Rite
seat Maastricht
seeTransferredTo Liège
successorSee Bishopric of Liège
suppressed 8th century
territoryIncludes Maastricht and surrounding region in the Meuse valley
typeOfState ecclesiastical territory

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Middle Dutch spokenIn Bishopric of Maastricht