Diocese of Merseburg

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Roman Catholic diocese medieval bishopric

The Diocese of Merseburg was a medieval Catholic bishopric in eastern Germany, established in the 10th century as part of the Christianization and consolidation of the Saxon and Slavic frontier regions.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Diocese of Merseburg canonical	2

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ medieval bishopric ⓘ
borderedBy	Slavic territories ⓘ
cathedral	Merseburg Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
establishedAsPartOf	Christianization of Saxon frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ Christianization of Slavic frontier ⓘ
establishedInCentury	10th century ⓘ
function	administration of sacraments ⓘ episcopal governance ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ oversight of clergy ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Christian communities in and around Merseburg ⓘ
historicalRegion	Saxon Eastern March NERFINISHED ⓘ Slavic borderlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	instrument of Christianization in eastern Saxony ⓘ tool of political consolidation on the Saxon and Slavic frontier ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Merseburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
metropolitanSee	Archdiocese of Magdeburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	ecclesiastical organization of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
purpose	Christianization of local Slavic populations ⓘ consolidation of imperial control in frontier regions ⓘ
regionType	frontier bishopric ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
rite	Latin Rite ⓘ
seeCity	Merseburg NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Memleben → dioceseHistorical → Diocese of Merseburg ⓘ

Mereseburg Cathedral → diocese → Diocese of Merseburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Merseburg Cathedral