Roman Catholic Diocese of Tours

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tours is an ecclesiastical territory in central France centered on the historic city of Tours, long associated with Saint Martin and notable as a significant medieval religious and pilgrimage site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction
Roman Catholic diocese
associatedWithSaint Saint Gatianus NERFINISHED
Saint Martin of Tours NERFINISHED
belongsToConference Bishops' Conference of France NERFINISHED
cathedral Cathedral of Saint-Gatien of Tours NERFINISHED
Tours Cathedral NERFINISHED
country France
currentFunction territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
establishedInCentury 3rd century
governedBy bishop of Tours
governs clergy and faithful within its territorial boundaries
hasCathedralDedication Saint Gatianus NERFINISHED
hasClericalRankOfOrdinary bishop of Tours
hasEcclesiasticalStatus metropolitan archdiocese
hasFirstBishop Saint Gatianus NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalFigure Gregory of Tours as bishop and historian
hasJurisdictionOver parishes in and around Tours
hasLatinName Dioecesis Turonensis NERFINISHED
hasMajorShrine Basilica of Saint Martin of Tours NERFINISHED
hasNotableBishop Gregory of Tours NERFINISHED
Saint Martin of Tours NERFINISHED
hasPatronSaint Saint Gatianus NERFINISHED
Saint Martin of Tours NERFINISHED
hasPrimaryFeast feast of Saint Martin of Tours
hasSeeCity Tours NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance important religious center in medieval France
major medieval pilgrimage center
isPartOf Catholic Church in France NERFINISHED
isPilgrimageSiteFor devotion to Saint Martin of Tours
isSeatOf metropolitan archbishop of Tours
languageOfLiturgy Latin
locatedIn Tours NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Indre-et-Loire NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Centre-Val de Loire NERFINISHED
metropolitanSeeOf Ecclesiastical province of Tours NERFINISHED
partOf Ecclesiastical province of Tours NERFINISHED
rite Roman Rite NERFINISHED
subjectToCanonLaw Code of Canon Law NERFINISHED
suiIurisChurch Latin Church NERFINISHED
typeOfTerritory diocese
usesCalendar General Roman Calendar NERFINISHED

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Basilica of Saint Martin archdiocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Tours
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours
Marmoutier Abbey belongsToDiocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Tours
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours
Basilica of Saint Martin diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Tours
Basilique Saint-Martin de Tours diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Tours
Saint-Gatien Cathedral diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Tours
Ecclesiastical province of Lyon historicalPrecedence Roman Catholic Diocese of Tours
this entity surface form: Primatial see of Gaul
Roman Catholic Diocese of Orléans metropolitanSee Roman Catholic Diocese of Tours
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours