Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay is an historic Latin-rite diocese in south-central France, renowned as a major medieval pilgrimage center and an early starting point of the Camino de Santiago.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction
Roman Catholic diocese
belongsToConference French Bishops' Conference
cathedral Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral
surface form: Le Puy Cathedral
cathedralDedication Virgin Mary
cathedralWorldHeritageListing Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
country France
currentStatus active
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
establishedInCentury 4th century
governingBody diocesan curia of Le Puy-en-Velay
hasBishop Bishop of Le Puy
surface form: Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay
hasCathedralUNESCOWorldHeritageStatus true
hasEcclesiasticalRank suffragan see
hasEcclesiasticalTerritoryType diocese
hasHistoricalContinuity from late antiquity to present
hasHistoricalFunction guardian of Marian shrine
hasHistoricalRole early center of Marian devotion in France
important node on medieval pilgrimage networks
hasJurisdictionOver parishes in the territory of Le Puy-en-Velay diocese
historicalImportance major medieval pilgrimage center
isPartOf Catholic Church in France
isPilgrimageCenter true
isStartingPointOf Camino de Santiago
Via Podiensis
isSubjectTo Holy See
language French
liturgicalLanguage Latin
vernacular French
locatedIn Le Puy-en-Velay
locatedInHistoricalRegion Velay
locatedInRegion Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
majorShrine Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral
surface form: Sanctuary of Our Lady of Le Puy
metropolitanSee Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Clermont
surface form: Archdiocese of Clermont
pilgrimageRouteNetwork Camino de Santiago
surface form: Way of St. James
pilgrimageSeason around the Feast of the Annunciation
around the Feast of the Assumption
pilgrimDestination Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral
surface form: Le Puy Cathedral

Our Lady of Le Puy
surface form: statue of the Virgin Mary at Le Puy
primaryCity Le Puy-en-Velay
primaryPatron Virgin Mary
surface form: Blessed Virgin Mary
province Ecclesiastical province of Clermont
rite Latin Rite
suiIurisChurch Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church
traditionalMarianTitle Our Lady of Le Puy
usesCanonicalCode Code of Canon Law (1983)
surface form: Code of Canon Law of the Latin Church
usesLiturgicalCalendar Roman Rite liturgical calendar

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Le Puy-en-Velay isSeatOf Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay